The anonol general meeting Patrick's Society was held on Monday evening at the Chamber of Commerce Room. There was a large attendance of Irishmen, the President, Mr. H. P. Wilkinsoo, toing in the Chair.
The President said that like to mention one or two h of the past year which were subjects for congratulation. First there was the walking match, which they really won, bat which through some question of Saxon arithmetic they were stated not to have won, bat to hare been second. However, the Irish team walked well.
Then the Irish football team won the s far as combination agreed to play another twenty minutes in the dark and lost the game. He hoped that they would win electric both events next year legally as well as morally (Applanse). They were all very pleased to see Mr. Holliday back, well and flourishing. The speaker had tried to get him to say Fes 11 £910 that he wold take over hia job, and then he wanted him to go on the Committee if he would not adopt the first suggestion, but Mr. Holliday said that be was too busy. Mr. Holliday did s groat deal of work and was always ready and willing to do it, and the speaker hoped that next year the members would not only have Mr. Holliday doing the work bat owning up to it (Applanes.
Then they were ery No. 1 policeman mat not out of Shang-good thing for them they believed for Shanghai, planee). They did not know whether he wanted a job of more ease and less responsibility or whether he was afraid of getting fifteen days' cells. (Laughter). Mr. Wilkinson thought that the Society should change its President much more frequently. He going home on leave, at ai 10 hoped to get leave, this yea thought they should chen sident nom, Before calling upon the Treasurer to make his statement he wished to say that the accounts came to this: that of every $5 they all gave for an annual subscription they were quite certain that $4.30 of it had gone in agood cagseand gonestraightavay for the relief of Irish distress, not think that any fand was ron more economic than theirs and there was no fand that went more straight away when it wanted. They gave relief when it was needed, and it was pleasing to know that in some cases that money catno back (Applanse.) The relief did not usually take the form of giving: " man money to spend jast as he liked; but it lly took the form of a guarantee for foch at the Havbury Home or some such institation, so that a man might be provided for until he. found work, No case was hopeless, and sometimes relief was given to a good sound man ho was in temporary need and he was able to get work again.
Mr. WH. Bell, Hon. Treasurer, then He said thatthe churty srooont bed teen ousidera! larger than taal doing the past year. by the difficalty men had i ch Ma to Society had spent $400 Inet year on charity. Some of the men they had helped before had seat back $5 or $10 when they got chance. Through the celebration they got practically $250 and this went to the I fond, The total fands now in donated to jost over $1,500, bat since the accounts were closed they had received nearly $200 more in subscriptions. One of their deposit receipts was due this month and it was proposed to pnt sufficient money in the Bank to have $1,500 there (Applanse.)
The Chairman ssid that Mr. Simms was willing to take over the post of Treasurer next year.
The accounts having been passed, Mr. T. E. Troeman propered, and Mr. Featherstonhaugh seconded, the re-of Mr. H. P. Wilkinson. as President. This was unanimously c ried, a3 was also the proposition by Mr. J. Johnson, seconded by Mr. W. Bell, that Mr. J. McDowell be re-elected Vice-President.
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