SHAKESPEARE'S PROFITS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 629, 5 October 1909, Page 7

SHAKESPEARE'S PROFITS.

; 'r■'■'•■.'■■';,"•' ; ■'■' :) ,, : -!j:-' '-■■ :;:ji '"■/?£ ''.'■;4' 7;JBjr; .Telearaph) *rfeii»' i«aoet/>iiori'rO>»prr'jeht.i ' '-■^-' : :}ri:t';i'^'r :: i ; i''!.'-:); London,- October' 3.' ; ;;■ Dr.\Char!es-.Wallace .has- : discovered V'roin' Mcordajpf- a;lawsiiif(the Mt of..HemingVs: co-partners the;olohe' ■and' BlackfriajgWhoatresF drew (p , rpflfe , am6Unt.i !'"'i' , '; ,J;^6!^ : pC;i|c^^NWACHT:^ : .Tho. ttenty-siith annual-meeting of the Port|.Nicholsoa 1 acht,'Club was..held fast evoninc, .tho:,Commpdore,::Dr. R;.H. Makgill,:presiding ..over.va ,gop.d .attendance, of members. ' : , ■■' .':;;rive..ne,y 'members' wore'elected.''. .- •-.-.• ' - elected as follow -.-Commodore, :AJr...J.. M'Leanj.ivice-cpmmodore,' Dr. 'E.-; H. ■Jlnltgill; rear-ebmmodore, 'Mr. E, C ;E Mills.cemmittee,- Messrs. T. Hanier, G.Hoggard,- A. iHclmesy.'-Wi-- Highet,"'H.' Chisholm, and C. '■ Headland;! , lion.' handicapper, Mr; J. M'Lean; ■trrasnrer,»Mr..?.-' Copkej auditor, Mr. J. H."H. Jackr treasurer,.Mr. Holmes;, hon. secretary/ Mr, H.Barrett.-::, ':-:■•: ■.•'■;.'. ,• ■•■ ■. ; -. : A: question 'was', asked :by Mr. M'Lean as to ,where..the.'-annual■-,report '.and::balance'sheet were::. ; ;:-:;' 7 - ::-■■-,-,'.•;.-- ■: ■ '- : .-; •-.■.-;,■ -. ■■.-;..■' .iThe^secreary.replied.'that they', were.. not : .ready for the meetingi ; ; ' -•;'•'■'.■ .■.-•■■-■ ~ ■ '-On-''jthe -motion , of Mr; M'Lean 'it ;^as cided. to'hold, a further meeting to consider the 'report: .and' balance-sheet : and to confirm'' ■uu election ;of. : officers'; ■■■'.: '.: V..: ... .■- ■: '. .wl;. Cooko, moved, in accordance with notice, -thatj'.the .•'Mark/.l'oy". system of'starting be reverted to , .'; The* mover'contended that by: this' .mtaii.s those/'on racing yachts 'wpiild know- at' tha /conclusion of a',race whether they had won or not;' It was.absurd,- he added, for a boat to arrive-twenty, minutes behind another i»nd yet , -- ■■•■■■:'■'. ',y'--. : -.'.■•:..«.'.- : -v.-...- : ;- ;v ■:.'..-; ■■-:.-■■ -,-■• '

opposed-the'Dibtion.; It had, , ho said, .been' tried previously,,. but it proved urisatis-' factory;;'^-'.."'■:;:'■'';-■;.:■.: ■; 7 --;- v- :.:,-■■.-• - : vi'Aftor.' a;:general; discussion.: the. motion -Tras put and- lost by onp. vote. A '\:?. ;'■ ".■ : r ' :'. ■Mr.;Highet moved that: the .preVent course fo-.r sixteen-fpoters be .altered to read: "From starting-line.to.Jornihgham, thence to the buoy ibetween. Kaiwarrr.and- Ngahauranga, -and back • ■,to finishing' line'.",: , . ■■:•: ; .;'..:... ■.'..'.•.'.;"•■....; ■;-'.The;]mob6n..*as.carrwd.-'/.'.''..'' : :. , ':..v ; .'..'.''.' ■