LITTLE INTEREST.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20273, 6 April 1934, Page 12

LITTLE INTEREST.

St Albans Burgesses Talk of Closing Down. NO QUORUM AT MEETING. In spite of the fact that there was no quorum, several resolutions were carried at a meeting of the St Albans Burgesses’ Association last evening. Members, disappointed at the attendance of six, talked of the possibility of a rival organisation being formed in the district and of “ shutting up shop.” The correspondence consisted of a letter from the Christchurch Beautifying Association, which stressed the advantages of every suburb in the city having its own beautifying association, and invited the association to appoint delegates to attend a meeting on April 9 to discuss the matter and exchange ideas. ‘‘lf we cannot get bigger attendances to our meetings to look after the whole of the needs of the district, how are we going to form an association to beautify the district?” asked Mr G. T. Hillsdon. “The best thing to do would be to close up shop altogether until things pick up a bit.” Finally it was decided to send a delegate. St Albans Bath. The chairman (Mr F. J. Prouting) raised the question of representation by the association on the control board which was to be set up almost immediately to control the new St Albans bath. Mr Hillsdon asked if they were going to continue as an association or were they going out. The chairman said there was no move in the direction of the association going out. “ Even if only a few turn out it shows that there are some who show an interest in their district,” he added. Mr J. Falkinder referred to a rumour of another association being formed, and said there was no room for two associations. The chairman said that was a question to be brought up at the annual meeting. Probably by that time he might be able to say ; something. Although the small attendances at meetings seemed disheartening, he did not feel disheartened over the matter at all. “ From small Acorns the mighty oak grows,” he said. Mr Falkinder; The oak gets the blight sometimes. It would .be interesting, he said, to find out how the association stood financially. The chairman said he could really not tell how they stood at the moment. Mr Hillsdon thought the association might appoint someone to the bains control board until such time as the association went out of existence. The association ought to be represented seeing that it started the thing. At the suggestion of Mr Falkinder it was agreed that Messrs W. Thomson and Prouting represent the association on the board. In closing the meeting, the chairman appealed to members to induce a few more people to attend the annual meeting. At the last annual meeting, he explained, the attendance was about eight.