PREVENTION OF CRUELTY.
THE CHRISTCHURiOH SOCIETY AN S D ' A GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY. Thie Executive of the Ohristchuwh Sp' ciety for the Prevention of. Cruelty to \Aui' ma& met this moiming to deal' Tvith the proposals in regard to <\> Government sidy. Air M. Murphy pvesi'de'd 1 , land- Me«£W O. Bean, J. H. Parker and D. D. M'Laren w«re also pi-esent. Mv Bean yevd a letter mm Mr W. W. Tanner, M/H.R., stating that the Prero'ier had) 'declined to ent«irt«i» th* prof osal wly in the session, and he had siaice furaiistod iik Ta«ner with a- W*t ( showing: tohat thfe Association of the Preventioa Sogiettea h©d -foiled in a iargo percentage otf pr<jse*utiojia. v l Th© louftwmg are th# Premier's 1 flguires : — Aueldnnd, 1 prosecutiw, 1 con■vidbion, £2 in fin<» ; Ohristohwrch, X4 pro- . &aoufcion», 7 eases m whioh no coaviotiojis were obtained, fines f)l3 10s; Oireyinoulth and Hokiitika-, no prosecutions; Napier, 5 nrosecntions, two cases in which no convictions w«re ohtaiiiod, fines £1 Bsy Wellingtwn< 15 '■proseoutiona, 4 case« ,,in ;w;liiiqli no conviotions wro ofbtaanefli Jin«s 45X6' 5s j iorato, 35 prosecutions, 15 c«-fi*» iw'-wWcn. no convidfciom! were oibtained, flnfea £32 On j 9d. There were four prosecutiops in In* •veroaxgill, where ther« is no society, /by the ipolioe, one ws® in whloh no convfetiion was obtained), and the fine* atoaumteti to £7. The grand totals w«rer-^39 pM«cicu* tioras, 14 ca&es in whioji no convibMons were (oJbteiined 1 , and' fines tamonnteng to £39 0s 9d, ilr Bean paid' that the V\t!b wa» not ft, $oirre<et ome, a« it did not indud® thte figures tag the Dunedin Society. Mr Munpby said he thoughit tlila,t, as the Society had gone so fur, a deputation ought j to be se.n)t 'to Wellington. After, softne drecupsion had taken .place, it j •was d&ciid'ed that Mr> B ? ea.n «iii>i Mr W. H. Zouch should £,'o to Wdiiingtan and seie the Pre?nier. Th© .deputation •will leave an o fe.*r days. The Society's Odea. \a to get a £ for £ subsidy from the Government; on its subscriptions. For the year ending August 31 last it collected £109, so that the subsidy would not be much more than £100, If the Government will not consent to this pro- i posal, the Society will. endeavour to obtain at least some annual grant^ as it regai-ds its work a» essentially in the public interests.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7807, 11 September 1903, Page 3
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