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Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1710, 11 August 1875, Page 2

The annual meeting of the Regatta Club i which took place last night was well attended in comparison with previous years, and the proceedings were marked with an amount of life and cordiality which augurs well for the success of our next aquatic festival on the 29th January, 1876. The adjournment of the meeting from February last was a well-devised expedient for the benefit of the Club. At the Regatta last year one or two unpleasantnesses occurred which rankled for the time but have now been forgotten or at any rate forgiven, and consequently last night the business proceeded with a degree of unanimity, which it was cheering to behold. On the election of the committee coming before the meeting, some welldeserved condemnations of fault-finders who contributed nothing to the funds were uttered by two or three of the old committee. It was generally agreed that ifc would be advisable to introduce an infusion of new blood, and to allow of this Messrs M. Niccol, D H. McKeDzie, H. J. Ellis, and others whose services have been invaluable in the past withdrew their names. The new committee contains seven gentlemen who have not hitherto served : the other eight include some of the most prominent of the workers in times past, and the combin- i ation ought to make a good and effective body. The new names comprise some very promising supporters from the ranks of our foremost mercantile men. Particular stress may be laid upon the acquirement of the services of Mr. G. W. Binney, and upon the return to harness of Captain Casey. The maintenance of the popularity of our annual regatta is more important to the interests of the port than is perhaps generally acknowledged. Its influence upon the work of our shipwrights and boat-builders, a most valuable section of our community, is very great, and it is calculated to foster a spirit of emulation and enterprise most beneficial to a maritimo city like Auckland. Besides its direct bearing on the commerce of the port, it imparts a stimulus to the healthful recreations of rowing and sailing,recreations which are among the most unexceptionable in the category, and are directly conducive to that mens sana in corpore sano which is necessary for the discharge of the duties of life. We trust that the animation of last night will last through the coming transactions of the Kegatta Club, and that the next anniversary will be marked with a success not before attained. .