LAUNCH FATALITY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11927, 9 February 1917, Page 7

LAUNCH FATALITY.

TO ASSIST THE RELATIVES. CANVASS TX SUMNER. DISTRICT. t r (i At the conclusion of tho meetimr of i the Sumner Gala Committee on Wed- r nesdav night the recent, fatality was - referred to. and « General Relief Com- (j mitteo was formed. The Mayor, Mr r J. B. Laur orison, presided. c The Mayor outlined the _ circum- r stance of the accident, and said that a - wife and five little children had been r left in very straitened circumstances. R The case was a particularly deserving -„ one. and action should be taken at t once. f On an appeal being made, £'H 10* was subscribed in the room, and it was r decided to hold a further meeting to } make arrangements for a house-to- "\ house canvaisß throughout Sumner on I Sunday. 0 Mr C I>ash was appointed treasurer. , ; a.nd Mr C. Benjamin wa> elected chair- j 0 man of the committee. j s INIKF/lIXG OF RELIEF COMMITTER | » Last night a meeting- of the commit- U too was held in the Council Chambers, j Sumner, to arrange the details of tho , J benefit subscription to bo taken on be- j j half of the widows. Mr C. ben.iamm | v presided over a full attendance ; I It v,-ns rehired to canvass the whom j £ borough in tho interests of both farm- j u lies on Sunday next. j 1 Sumner -was allocated .'is follows:- —j j Kuston Street to Scarborough. Messrs j T F-:, "Whit field and B. Brown; Hard- . wieke Street, to Eusion Street. Mpsst* I II C. .himio-on and C. F. Allen; Stoke j { Street to Uardwicke Street, Messrs C i J Benjamin and Robinson, sen. : east of j | Wakefield Avenue to Sroke Street and , f tho Esplanade. "Messrs Buttle and son; \ 6 west of Wakefield Avenue to Xayland , jStreet, Mr J. Harvey; Chiton. Messrs j t J. B. Laurcnson and H. F. Roberts; j e Richmond Hill. Mr G. Binary : from Co- j j lenso Street south to School for the j , Deaf, Messrs W. Law son and J. Rowe. j ]• Tiie following residents from Redeliffs | f attended and undertook to canvass j \ (heir district ; Messrs G. Hines, -U J>. j ; Kirkpavrick. G. 11. Woods and P. Riley, j " 0 with ]*-'W(>\- to add to their number. i<i A subscription list amounting to £l'-! 1 - 'h dd was received from Mr T. T>ry- j : burgh. • | . The Woolston Band will co-operate j with the Sumner Band in a benefit con- j cert to be given at: the pier on Sunday j j in aid of Hie widow and family the j j lare Bandmaster I\ Fluertv. , -. __ r