ROWING CLUB SHED

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 49, 19 February 1943, Page 5

ROWING CLUB SHED

£100 WANTED MAYOR APPEALS FOR FUNDS "I'll have a very poor opinion: of the public' of Whakatane it the people cannot find £100 to preserve that shed for the boys who are away fighting 1 for ijs,'' said the Mayor, Mr R. S. Barry, at the public meeting called for the purpose of raising fum;ds for renovations and renewals to the Rowing Club's shed, last Montday evening. ■ Mr Barry went on to say lie had authorised the Borough Foreman tomake an inspection of! the shed and with Mr W. Sullivan's co-operation it had been estimated that /to rebuild would cost about £260,. but to merely make the building weather proof in order to protect, the boats housed therein for approximately two years would cost only about £27 10s. He suggested the latter course in the meanwhile, deferring the more complete plan for post-war consideration. There was; in addition to this the sum of £40 outstanding on one of the boats which woujld have to be met in order to retain the skiff for the club. Bank Deposit Untouched' There was not much hope of actually reviving \t,he club as a Rowing Club and he suggested in the meantime that a Trust Committee formed. Mr Partridge pointed out that the Club had £20 in the bank but this sum could not be operated on' as the officers who were empowered to draw cheques were away over-* seas. The money was tied up for - 'keeps),' or until the men returned. Mr Dillicar thought that the money should be left there to enable the Club to make a slfcarb again after the war. He was" quite sure the town could raise sufficient to meet the other requirements. This, course was agreed; upon. On the motion of the chairman it was then decided thlat all present constitute a committee to be known as the Rowing Club Trust Committee, that its objective be the raising of £100 for the purpose of first renovating and making the shed ther proof and-secondly 'to pay off the Club's outstanding debt of £40 plus insurances.' Committee Appointed This was unanimously agreed to with the additional suggestion thatthe committee also maintain the shed and encourage the sport of rowing until such time, as the old Club could take charge of its own affairs once more. The committee elected comprised Messrs B. S. Barry (chairman), R.< Morpelh (hon. secretary), Price, Dillicar, A. J. Canning, P. Bridger, McCaltum, G. Brabant, Tippett, Partridge, M. Leader and 1 C. King-sley-Smith. ' The secretary was also instructed to write the Whakatane County Council, the Harbour Board and the Chamber of Commerce, inviting donations. It Was decided, to make an immediate individual canvass of the. businessmen of the town and to this end each member present undertook to make five or six calls. Messrs Canning, Tippett, Price and the secretary were given power to operate on the bank account (two signatures only to be necessary) and it was decided to acknowledge all donations through the 'Beacon.*