ROYAL RECEPTION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15466, 10 March 1921, Page 5

ROYAL RECEPTION.

A CHRISTCHURCH DEFICIT. CHRISTCHURCH, this day. An echo of the visit of the Prince of Wales to Christchurch was hoard,at a meeting of the •'Christchurch Fire Board when the secretary-reported that accounts were still-'outstanding against the Royal Reception Committee for the attendance? of firemen at the citizen’s ball, and against the garrison ball committee. He asked that he should be given directions as to the collecting of accounts. The Board was-out. of pocket for the amounts, as the auxiliary firemen employed had to be paid. The accounts had been regularly tendered without result. Mr. H. Holland explained that there had been a .large deficit in connection with the entertainment, of the Prince, and the affairs of the Royal Reception Committee had in rbnsequencc not been wound up. IU would be a graceful act for the Fife Board to forego the account against tlie Royal Reception Committee. After some discussion no action was taken in connection with the Royal Reception Committee’s account. Mr. ‘H. R. Smith, treasurer to the Royal Reception Committee, said that all the committee’s accounts had been paid except £1096 owing to the ■ Christchurch City Council’s electricity department, and £29 to the Christchurch Fire Board, a total of £1125. He had not paid them because he has only £437 in hand, so that, the excess of liabilities over assets ,ts £6BB. The total expenses of the Royal Reception Commute were £9468. ' —Herald Special, -y ....;