COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' CLUB.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 734, 5 February 1910, Page 6

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' CLUB.

, ..Tho annual meeting: of:.the .Wellington Commercial.Travellers'. and> Warehousemen's/Associafibh"'.ahd'"./.Club:. Company,. Ltd;,: was :held .at the /Club last evening, thetpresident '(Mr:. H. C. 'Tewsley) in: tie chair.. The , annual report,:--which, "was adopted, - showed'. -■■ that '/ vfche: }"■ surplus amounted to j610,065"' 'Us?'" 10d —general account; - J58330 145., 2d. ;■' Belief -lAind, X1291•.1i5." Gd.p and "-Mortuary Benefit ■Fund/.iC443: 9s. 2d.—as -against .£9954 (is. 6d.;on.November;.3o,_ 1908. -In the revenue account, the. receipt3~''fT6m .'all sources were 'J583-'Bs,' lld.;;less thatf r tliose of last year, whileYthe "exjpendit'ur'e" decreased by ,^B9'lßs'." Id:;':'showing! is-net, gain 'of £6 9s. 2d." for. the. present' yeai'."- The reduc-tion:-.'from four to two guineas entrance fee, and..from 1 , three .to twb guineas. sub.'scription for. club •members for. 1909,' resulted in-a decrease.-Vof"'revenue, .as com-. pared with last ypar,,6f,:,,£158 lis. Arrears of subscriptions for 1909' totalled ■"£116" WC of - which £16 'had" since been received. ;/' : v-',',,;;-,■ y-;/ .'/ .The membership totalled 509, as against '492' for the'' previous - year;''"-''- Association members;,to tailed, 332, .town, club members 129, - ;. and: coiintry,,club.' members..4B. .Reference V was';regretfully. made to the 'dfr cease, of Messrs..C..Jl- Bird,-C.H. Hales, E.:W. J.' Boss, S,"Si .'Griffiths, A. G. H. Moore,. S. .'llidgway, "and H'. ,'lEfalley. ;•,' '■■• Stepswere taken to'establisha Mortuary' Benefit JFund, rules-were, carefully drawn up and :adopted,.arid:'a ( copy-sent to all /members: '.A- 1 further,'sum'-of-J243 9s. 2d. was. added: to the 'Mortuary- Benefit. Fund' suspense.'accbunt./'./:.!.:;'-'' .-.'-,- /'.>/> : At : :a : special general -meeting held last Decembe'r,' r ';it was..resolved :-r-.''That-the United NeViZealahd' Commercial. Travellers', and "Warehousemen's Association ■ be, 'andlis: now, .established, and 'that the comihittee/'be' empowered .to/ take imme'diate '.step's■-to carry , but..the: necessary preliminary details ■ and 'report. : to 'a • future meeting."■■.. The nec.essary'.preliminary details, were-now engaging .'thel.'attention' of the committee'ahd ; it'.was hoped'that the Dunedin.brethren at their' annual meeting,':fall in and;.complote the chain. '-'- The-.printing "bf-.a 'revised'list of- association, hotels throughout the Dominion; together with the certificate to be issued, would be .done' within the'next few days. Tho Duthie Cup tournament,, which had been entered upon at date of last report, resulted in Mr.'-Jos;' D. Marks being declared the.,winner for 1909, /and, that gentleman's name, would.be engraved on the:cup,in due course. Photographs■ .of sixty-one old commercial/travellers taken in 'the''.early eighties were-.secured, and Mr; B. P.. Steele's: generous offer to have them suitably framed accepted, and the work done.. This attractive souvenir.was "given-: an honoured "place in the Club.' .The'.annual, election, of officers for' the ensuing year resulted ' as: follows:—President; Mr. H.V:C... ■ Tewsley; secretary, Colonel.Stuart-Newall; treasurer, Mr. A.. W. Vehnell;'' audi tors, Messrs.-H. Kembor and; Son; committee,' Messrs- W. J. Bridsoni E. J. Eobertson.'J. U.. Turnbull, and Bi'i.H.'.'Wakclin'. (representing, tho warehousemen), and-Messrs. J. .G.:. Chambers, J.' E. Coull,. A. G. Croll, R. P. Steele, and E.". Wilson,-, .(representingthe travellers). -,:.v.; v ' ;:' •:■''■■■.,]::::