Daily Colonist (1903-05-06) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1903-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

TRAOC MARK.

A predigested food with tine-qualed strengthening properties. Not an intoxicant but a real malt extract. For weakness, weari-iness and overwork. Best for digestion.

All droggista sell It. Prepared by tli9

Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n

St. Lods, n. 8. A.

Ordcrit pronijitly llllcd by

R. P. RITHET & CO., LTD., Wholesale Dealers, Victoria.

Affairs Of

Orphans' Home

Discussed at the Annual Meeting Held Yesterday Afternoon.

IMost Satisfactory State of Affairs Disclosed by the Reports.

The annual mcrlhi- .>f the I'n>lostiuit OrpbaiiiS llouu'. U«l(l in Hir Ciiy Hall yi'sici--iliiy nfteniouii, was very well atieiidod. The in-osldeiit. C, Huywiud. u<-ru|>liMl the cliulr. 'JilU' iiii'ctliii; was oiiencil by rlu; Kfv. IUs!i<>|i (.'rliU'L' wUli prayer.

.\flei' Uii! adoption of lilie minutes of the last meetliiK, Uie president submitted UIS report, \vlil(ji U as foI!<HVS:

Lad'lOB nud Goutleiiieii,—Your committee <.f iiiainisemeiit have miii-h pleasui-e lii sub-lultilii;,' their llilrtleth animal report, to-;;elher with some eounnenls sii^j;estu(l by th.> -•JaUsfaetorv condition of tho Homo, anil uipcclal'ly by tbc OiIbUIj- luterestintf "nd gratifying flnanclnl statement ot our lion, treasurer.

We ventured last year to Intimate that It was- desirable tliat a special effort should be nmilo to exlln^'ulsh our uiortsaKe dobt, ■HlileU ViXcu stood at $li,200, as tho Interest tliei-con WHS n cautlnutU Urns on our re-aourves. Few of us were then san^'uine I'UOUKli to onltelpnto that our ulmust of-forlH could .aeoonipllMh so heavy a task.

\Vc are exiri-nu'ly happy, however, lu now statin;; that owlns; to t'he neUve syni-Idthy and coiitlnnod iHheiiillty of our Irir^nils, couiileil with the? ])ralseworMiy on-of our lion, treasurer, Mr. E. Crow Ili l.er, ably ufslsti^d by our .'-■ollcltor, .Mr. Tlroruton Fell, fills lun« hoped for fousuiu niatlon has b<>i'n Toullzed; Jind today this l'>tHutlon Is not only absolutely free from debt, 'bilt has In the treasury the siihstJin-t!al .Mini of iibiiut ^L.'^X). This i-et'iiril nhow-lii:; Ci.-iH been liripii;."lii about i)rlni'lpally by payments niaile lo us under an a;,'ieenient i xecuted many .vears ap). by wiileb eertalu •'tl'Utren (not orpkuus) were muiutalned In tliG Momc condltloniiU.r, itbnt In the event of tliclr father roallzlnff Ills ospectancy, thin payment «hould be inatlc.

Tills obll;xa1lon has rccentlj- matured, and after tedious ne;:otlatloiis. ne<'i"ssitatini; some <llplouiucy and e<iai|ironilses, a s.itls-fi'.x tsry .■^'.'ttleini'nl has Iji'eii arrived at, nnd the money collwied.

All lUial.v.-iLs <,£ (lur present iliiauelal jiosl-lion reveals tia; faol that we hold In trust for a noble purpose- a valuaWo uupucumher-<'d estate, eomprlsln;; ;iiuuni,';jt otiiier IUUiikk, premises ndinlrallily adapti'd fivr the bi'nev-(deiit worl; for whUih t'liey were ereeled and (IcHlsned: and while we ai-knowled^'e «ltli pi-ofoniiil ^'rjilltucle and tlianuruliu'ss llie Olvliie ^'ooiliiess ttiat ha.s .so far blessed .■ind pros-peis'il our elTorts. we lii-iie tliat the new obllwillon.s arlsln;; out of our enlarged opportunities will not bo lost sljjlit of.

It la now possible to some extent to widen the splieiv of our iisefnliie.-;s, lo n<ld sometblnK lioi'iiaps to 'Jlie v-oiafort and mn-terid.1 Ihiapplness ot those umler our t-!luLrs<!, and to glvo elT'eet to some lir.r'ortant .su^'-Kestions In thin dlrt-ctlon recmitly made by our ^ceHent matron; lani pnrticulanly with rcRard to the recommendation that a suitable married ituiii sliould be appointed, liav-lu;? OHpc^'inl ■care of the b^iyfi, nnd to snper-iiileiid their uianual tiviliiin;.

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