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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20172, 26 February 1931, Page 16

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TEAM FOR ENGLAND TO SAIL. SUFFICIENT SHARES SUBSCRIBED. The New Zealand cricket team to tour England will definitely sail from Wellington on Saturday, March" 28th. Although there has been some difficulty in financing the tour., the: chairman of New Zealand Cricket, Limited (Mr A. T. Donnelly)' stated at the statutory meeting of the company last evening that 6041 shares —a sufficient number to assure the team's departure—had now been subscribed. At a meeting of the ir&nagement Committee of the New Zealand Cricket Council, which was held subsequently, it was stated that the manager, captain, and vice-captain of the team would be announced within a few days. The company meeting was attended by Messrs Donnelly, H. M. Taylor, E. B. Caygil], P. Dalrymple, J. Samsden, W. H. Winsor, and D. E. Wanklyn (director), and one shareholder.

Tho formal business included the presentation of tho report, dated February 12th, which stated that the-total number of £1 shares then allotted was 4016, of which 3561 were paid up to 10s, and 130 up to £l. Calls had not been paid on the remaining 325. The total eash receipts were £l9lO 10s, and of this amount £502 10s had been used as deposit on fares to England. Preliminary expenses had accounted for £sl 7if 4d, selectors' expenses for £75 9s 3d, secretarial fees for £37 3s Bd, and other expenses for £lO 2s 2d. The sum of £IOOO had been placed on deposit at call, and was earning per cent.' Further Shares Allotted. "Since the report was made," said Mr Donnelly, "there has been a satisfactory increase in the number of shares allotted, and the total subscribed to date is 6041, made up as follows: —

Auckland .. ~ 1422 Haijkc's Bay .. .. 100 Waiapu ■ ~ .. , 5 Taranaki .. 10 Timaru j .. 50 "Wellington .. .. 625 Canterbury .. .. 3349 Otago .. .. .. 3D New Zealand Cricket Council (including 150 from Maiylebono Cricket Club) .. 350 Dr. B. ,T. .Pope (Sydney) .. -100

"Of these shares, as. you see, more than half have been subscribed in Canterbury," added Mr Donnelly. "We're been' going into the financial position and I am pleased to be able to tay that the finances of the tour are assured and that it is- now certain that the team -will get away. 'ln-order to strengthen the position we hope to get subscriptions for a further number o£ shares to bring the total subscribed up to BQOO. That will be the goal we hajra in view during the th ® ? hare^e ™. of H. Piper,

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