OTAGO EARLY SETTLERS ASSOCIATION.

Otago Witness, Issue 2857, 16 December 1908, Page 53

OTAGO EARLY SETTLERS ASSOCIATION.

, A committee n>eeting h°'d in board room, 1 Early Se'.t'e's' Hall, en Monday, 14th was i attended by M' Donti'd R« ; d (in the ohair), ! snd Messrs John H»id. Charles Duke, John I Duthie W. H. F«.r-PR«. G C. Proudfoot i (treasurer) a^d L. Lan^'ands (=e-retary). j Vct-s of thanks were psis'-erl as fol lows: — To Mrs Julia Walm c lev Mu?'o!'airßn for a vo'ume. ■ " Mo=es Stuart's Commentary on : the Ap&calypv». 1847." in«cnb'd a= having ! 1 sen prer-ent<Kl by Mr John M'Ola = lian to tl'e ! Uev. Thomas Burns; to Mr X-il Ripr MauI neatua. for a Mrori wnc (ni^cipl). 'lu<» out of a swamp five '? n ' he)' w ibr- ■•uri'ace when i flitting a new ditch through the swamp at , Mtungatua; to Me«rs Th-iins Borrow and John Blair Rt two j'rrf tii"'i "Y>oto{»iaDh« cf surviving pa cc eii9;crs rid d?- • 'lants of the ' c hir> Oeorge Canning Hrn <- ed h Xoveinlxjr , 1857 — one taken at *i"» "'cbrHtinn held 05 y-eara after arrival and the rthor t^ken «t ! the jub.lee ce'^-bration h-eH in Early Setilerp' Hal! 50 year-- afteT sr-i.-rl: in Mrs Peter , Thomson 122 Queen st'oet "or s. small glass 1 case for hol<li"g curio*- | The S?cr3tpr%' re> oried thnt the c a ' e o f 1 work initiated by the '?di"ps of tlie ascocia- ■ tnn to defray the coFt <' -"ati- e; utoiiiiio- ! dr,t.o-i for thp ha'!, to v:h ■ h I■• 4 - im! piven , months cf arduous work w.i= o-ji c ! n Xovpm- , bar 25 anJ continued o-i t!i<- 2>ji\ ■ i.l -27th j Seat c on the ly'itform v. < > >m ' i hy 'u« 1 Worship the Major (Mr .3 M-Donald). the i president of Ihc a-~o 'atij'i (M- !J --t^d H".d I such cf the coni".i*ti"e ■«" ye '■ jr^-id "it a>-d I the prcidenl (Mrs A Living-' o.-e. -'id virej presidents of the Li-fie-' fiiuvPiiire A.'ier ! a «hcrt coinniin-.-'^.tary ad^r""- Mr R■ ri invted hi= Wcrtluu the i' i to • i.cii die ! =a ; e A^tcr a f»v fe'icit •!- ; «■").> k» anil ! w shes lor hs A^\ <• i «- 1 • » j ;orma"y j declared, the .°a'e oen 'J'he re=uit at, tho e'ee oi tie tbird d?y va- i. c j.iple'e suri pri^e ;•= it ex'iedp'l 'he r iir ' '•angiime ex- ' pectation* Af"ir d"fr<-ynip tlie co«t of =eating .'vi v . ur K) per^o:f t'-rre ".■« a <-on-lder-ib'e sum r\e<- wh.-.h i<- ri c u-se, at ffc? di=ik>sp' of tlie L',die<-' C n;T>,i,,c" a; d is mtetded by them to be e> p ' '-'c 1 in furnishing rhe rooms It nuist have b^en lii(?h!y <;ratifv - mg to the 'ad>e= to fi. d that .heir r>fforls had met with due -:v.\ird. and a little ;-. ird^-^pb'e rri'le on t K eir p?rt is quite cxcu c a' ' ■ mo'e uarlicu'ar'v as 1 h ■= is the 'eco> d orta=ior en which tl'eT services for the Lenefii of the association have beeii crowned ■ with tons--"; cncus 'uccess On the motion of I Mi Dcsiald Keid, tecond-sd by Mr John Reid.

Th< Magistrate t.aid that he had been unable to complete the recount and pive his decision in the matter owing to the fact that the number of voting-papers at the first count had nnl been produoed at the recount. He therefore left it to the parties themselves to move further in the matter.

'flip result of f'le ballot ac docl nrcd on November ?0 by the returning or" "r (Mr D. Larnnchl pave Mr Thomson n n.vijorifcy of six \cre«. the figures being: Thorrifon 3382 \ot-^, Barclay 3376, informal 12. At the magisterial recount 17 voting papers were missing, and as these were all in favour of -Mr Thomson tho outcome of the recount. ,v far a.s it was possible to carry it in the absence of the 17 papers, is that Mr Barclay levies by 11 votes