IRISH RRLTEP FOND.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 9 February 1880, Page 2

IRISH RRLTEP FOND.

j A public mcetirg was held on Friday , pvening last, for the purpose of appointing a Committee to collect subscriptions in aid of the above Fund. The C untv Chairman was voted to *he Chair. He opened the proceeding* [ bv reading the n tice convening the meetinu, and sa ; d tbe business before them was very different from that which •hey had just disposed of. As they were no doubt fully aware the deenest distress was now prevalent in Ireland \s an Irishman he could not avoid a slight sense of humiliation at thp posilion he wa.s i-lacpd in, but his eountrympn were unhappily brought face to fa*-e with one of (hose dire calamities which human ingenuity is p iwerlpss to prevent and can but alleviate. Pe p'e in the Colonies, for'umttely for themselves. b»d no adi quite conception of wbat wa meant by the term. Isolatpd ea«es of want no doubt were occasionally met with in New Z-aland, hot they were few and far between, and only served to the better set tff our prosi erity. Such cases wpre <fap necessity complement of civilisation, but the word «* famine " had a ( epp a»d dreadful mpaning in the Home country. He (the soaker) had witnessed the ful! meaning of the term in Ireland, and could fully realise thp nrgpnev of thp appp 1 for help which had been made to the world at largp. Tbat appeil more directly concerne ' Irishmen and women, for thpy mus t'eel m st k>*en!v the disaster which ha<l come upon 'he land of th*»ir nativity. Hut as the fam'up was a national cal -mty, thp appeal had beeu made to the Brit.-sh nation at birgp. Thmoghon* \a«tralia the c:ill had bppn responded to with munificent liber lity. and the same cou'd be said of this Colonv, and lip hoped tbat the Inangihua would not be behind the rest of the Colony in the matter. (Hpar. hear.) M** Coh«n said that as he was an Irishman, and bad never witnessed the s-jffprings caused hv a famine, he c >nl.l •iot expect to touch the synmsthips of the audienop and awaken enthnsiMsm. ns an Irishman could do, and for this reason he felt sorry thit sorapone. bpttpr qn-ilifief than himself had not take" hp rpso'u'ion in hand. They saw, however, that in all par's of thp Colonies •ffi'ts were bping mtde to collpct subscriptions, and those hpre could rp!» •hat the nped was Dressing; The apnea' bad bpen ma *e to the B ; tish nation, and he felt sure that th° lihera!i«y whi**h ever characterised a goldfield's popu'*iion would not be behind hand on an occasion lke the present. (Hear, h/ar./ He moved — "Th't a Committee con«istin<» of ATpss P < P. Bntle-, C. M'Gaffin. S. Mon•pith. J Dawson. P. Bre nan. J. Chin". J, A'kpn, G. Wisp, J. Wlson, -»nd J. • renncry hp fo»rne I, whose dn' y it will be to dividp the district, prppiresuh<c*-in» tion lis's, and apo lint canvassers 'or such livisions The C-i r.mit'pe to annoi»t a tr"asor"*r. All -■übser , ption« to be b4n-l« to thp treasurer not later thau lsl March " Mr Davies, in seconding the motion, lipid that t»*p ease wis one in which Fnglishmpn sho-ild take a leading position. Thpre could be no doub" •hats , calamity itftfH||B|^^H herefri-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H ani J^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^M nr we h'tj^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^l ca'pitiil j^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H 'hat '^d^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^M hirj^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H • he^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H in . r j^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^l • -re-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H o i^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H le^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H * >r^^^^^^^p^^mHi^^^^^^i Mr j^^Turphv here announced that he would head the list witll twenty uineas. (f'hpprs ) The resolution w;is then put and carried nnamm "Usly. and the proceedings closed. tmaaaaammmammama^mmmmmmmm