Charitable Aid Board.

Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10499, 15 December 1903, Page 1

Charitable Aid Board.

The usual monthly meeting of tbt Thames and! Coromandal Charitaiblt.Aid Beard was held last night, and' was attended by .'Jkieisrsi Geo. Clarke (in the chair'), T. KiDgour, Bowler, J. Mjuir, Graham, G. Ccmer, Steajdnian, , Haa-rison, Moore, and Banks, (secre-. tanryy j Tine minutes of the 1 -act ordinary and statutory meeting's were.read und confirmed 1, and the outward loorrespondenca read and approved 1MB OLAiKK'E'S EESIGiNATION. 1 Mk* ■Cla.iifce explained that, at tte ebaitiutoiy mefebing thieir'a being only three members pi'esent, and it', being necasisary to• elect the chaiinrnan, at • thiat meoting for the ensuing year, legal aidfvice wals taken as to whether such election could not be postponed until a larger rneetinig. But in accordance with the enactment it had! to be proceeded! with, amd (he wais oliosien . to 'Ocieuipy the idhair. Haiving aiocepted the •pos-itiohl under those 'aiiriciumetances,.he now tenidfeired them hi--resignation. "Ehe resignation was Tecen^ed. RE-ELECTION OF MR KILLGOUR. Mr Haraison said he w;ould taike this opportunity of thanking Mr T. Killgour fotr the oorartesy extended [ the memibors during the .past yearr, ' and for the -able mianner in wliidhi he L bad disdiairged his niiultifarioiis d'utiesi, but at the same time hei wa« not one to see one nian ocioupying the same iposition year after year, but thought it advisable to lhave oodar 1 eionail ichangesi- He tiherefore would ' have miuioh pleasuire in proposing" that ! Mr CUarfce be re-elected-t Mr Clairke intimaited that he wiould not be able to accept the positiont of chainmiani, a,nd lie had only done (,c« at the meet'Uig to settle a. difficulty. Mr Killgour, ex-chairman, had aihvaysi filled' the .place with satisl- -. faction, and they couldi not do betten" re-elect him. He thereEor© proposed that Mi" Killgoui* be aigiaiu eleetedi for ithe ensuing year. Mir Banriison said he wiould witl).draw,n bis proposition, and would heartily second! Mr 1. Clarka's<, which, wa® carried unanimously. Oitlier memibsusi -also 1 spoke in globing teirms of the .good work (Mr Killgour had done in the Board's' interests. ; h,e had smoothed ov<er mamy ;i ■ diffioulty, and! they were unaniniiOius in considering him the rig Jit man in the right place. Mr Killgioarr tha,n;ked the members I for the high 'compliment they paid ; n , re-eleot'ing hi.m, anid stated die would in the" future, as he had striven in the past, do JiiiiS best to forward the j Board's interests, and! trusted that i the; isauue amicable Talatiottsi which , haidl previously ciharaiciterised dbairman and membersl would: continue. (Loud applause.- ■' It Wasi proposed by Mr Grtaliaim, i atid seoondiedl by Mr Steadman, that j the Boaitd's aipprecialticni ■ and reciommendation of Mr Killgcur's seifvica' ,be 'recorded on the aniinutes. Oairri^d by aiclclaTnlationMr Killgour then resumed his old ■position, vacated by Mir Clamke. Ai QUORUM. ' It was resolved that five members . of the Board! form a quorum, for an ' ordinary mietetinig. I It wais proposed! that this whole of the memibera constitute the General • Purposes Committee, three to form a quoiniim. % j VOTES OF THANKS. I A letter wiaS iriead! frionn Mr J. Mkv Leami offering a. donation for the Old Men's Home a® the result .of a, recent i entertaimmeait given on behalf of that institution. A .heairty vote of tihaiiiksi was aooorded to Mr McLean, , the ladies' amdi ;gemtlem€(ni who^ had assisted, anidl the Battalion and Ham■l'afeii Bands who were instrumental 'n nuaiking the affair a <sueaeiss; also^ to th,o miemibera 'of the Piiesbiyterian Chiurch ohoir for their eonoeirt at the O'M Men's Home. lihe mjontlily acoounts. were passed for payment- , TOTE OF THAiN'KiS TO THE SEIGRETARYI Mr Killgouir moved that a vobe of thamks b© pais.seldi to tihe Secretary (Mr Banks) for the zealoajs way in which ho liaid perfoi'med his onerous duties during! the past yeair andi for the satisfactory settlement of accounts, j This was seconded 'by Mr Moore, j and! carried unanimously. Messrs Clarke and Cornier were- ] elected! a visiting committee for the j montli. !