NELSON AID SOCIETY.

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 11996, 24 July 1907, Page 2

NELSON AID SOCIETY.

i^he annual meeting of the above named Society was held yesterday afternoon, when his Lordship the Bishop of Nelson presided; TVlr K. I. Kinsley, the Secretary, presented the annual report as 1 follows:— "Your Committee beg to present their reporirfar the thirty -first year of the Society's worfe "Your Committee are again glad to report thdt during the year past theiehas not been any great mci ease pi.cases of distress requiring assistance from the Society. ."This ig no doubt partly owing to the beneficial effect of the Old Age Pension Act, and also partly to thu fact that there are but few unemployed in Nelson. "Nevertheless, all through the year-, there have been cases in which just such timely and judicious assistance as our Society gives, has been greatly needed, and) qt course, readily given by the Ladies' Coni* mitfcee, to whom grant, thanks are due for the careful yet kind manner in which the relief is dispensed. "At the last meeting of the Com* mitfcee two ,fre3h cases were reported, and ris the Hon. Treasurer stated the balance in hand was small, thd Committee decided that an appeat should, be niade to the public fof subscriptions'. "Although it is riot usual to mention individual cases assisted during the year, "your^.Ooinmittee feel it is right to call attention to one, if only to put on record the gen6fous\ professional help given. The patient fi'ri elderly woman, suffered from cataract, and the doctor kindly performed the operation for it free of charge, and in other ways lessened the expenses, so that with the aid of special subscriptions, and a contribution from the uhari table Aid Board, the amount paid by the Society was reduced to a small sum, while the poof woman was effectualy Relieved, the operation being most? successful. "The thanks of the Society are due to the Ladies' Committee and to rill wlio hate helped the Society during the past yddn - "CHARLES U. NELSOtf, •'Chairman." Mr E, Snodgfrass presented tbe balance-sheet, which bad been audited by Mr Bamford. The re* ceipts were shown at £34 16s Id, and the expenditure at £24 ss,- credit balance £10 lls Id, but since, tho audit several demands have been made on the funds, which at presents are very low; The following, were elected as tbd Committee of Management for the ensiling year in conjunction with too Ministers of- the various religious bodies in Nelson, namely, Messrs ,R. Soodgrass,W. T. Bond, T. Field, H. V. Gully, andß. L Kingsley; Mesdanies Mules, Gibbs, Macquarie, Scaly, andiCharles. On the motion of the Chairman the rale referring to the Auditors was amended, so as to allow lof only one Auditor being appointed instead of two. " On the motion of Mr Snodgrass, Mr Barnford was reeleoted ag Auditor. Votes of thanks were passed to the Ladies' Committee for their valuable services, to the proprietorsqf the. local newspapers for their generous help* to Mr Bamford for his gratuitous services as Auditor, to the President, the Hon. Secretary, and the Hon. Treasurer. At a meeting of the Committee held immediately afterwards, the Bißhop of Nelson was chosen aa President, Mr R. Snodgrass as Hon. Treasurer, Mr R. I. Kingsley as Hon. Secretary, and the following ladies were invited to act as Lady Visitors — Mesdamea Mules, Gibbs, Scaly, Macquarie, Charles, Kempthorne, MaoKenzie, Garland, and Lucas. ,