KILLED BY THE STRIKE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1936, 19 December 1913, Page 7

KILLED BY THE STRIKE

COMPETITIONS SOCJETV,

UNABLE TO MEET CLAIMS*-

DEFICIT HEAVY,

iimni ii v !? at a meetI] ■ tho Vw Zealand CJomp^tiiiona Hnnn i ' ,S l iUll •' J-'edcratwll IAOOIHh JJi.Si OV€'3)iUg» The secretary (Ms-. Jain..,: Dykes) Kvibnutted a provisional lialancc-shor't. which showed that the total receipts iom. ail sources from the recent Competitions held in tho Town Hail awl Opera House were £1177 i 7s . ld ' , vhjls) . tJw expenditure totalled. i'KiiO li? s , y,j leaving a debit balance of £402 J3s. 7dl Xiio- gniy money available (,« meet that sleiicH my was a sum of £.12 8s! fid.--.he ereait halanco l.ivniplit forward rem lost year. ■ That stiii left a dcliciency ol .IM2O Cs. KM,

The Town Hall Rental. oJ+^'T- 3 ' 7 that, acting on the advice or tire Mayor, ho had tendered a cheque for the rum, which was ..presented to the bank tl» last City Conned meeting {at which provisional balance-bod was presented) a.u was loimaHy dishonoured. Sijico then ,10 had received a letter from thn councn in which it was slated that, in wew ot tiio circumstances caused bv'the strike, the council bad decided to 'allow the society a rebate of £50 on tl» rent of the J own Hall (£251). Ho confessed to doing_ somewhat disappointed at this maimer 111 which tho City Council bad met them, but, on intcivknvirig tlio Mayor the latter stated that the rent (less the rebate) would have to Joe paid, f it werp not paid a court action would tcif.nw.

lho mooting generally agreed that, tlio iK'atmcnt was rather harsii uudcr tlio circumstances, particularly as 110 donation nad been made to tlio society's lUHds tins yonr bv the council. Judge's Emolument—What was tho ABfccment? Mi-. Dykes said (hat prize-winners were, only being paid 50 per cent, of theii' money, that ho Was prepared to iiavo £5!) knocked off his salarv imd that Mr. ('. j\, BaojOTU (tho 'judge) had offered to reduce tho amount of lu.s emolument from £75 to £30. Somo surpriso was expressed at tho latter statement., Mr, 1 raiser stated thai ho was under tho impression that .Mr. liwyerb, had offered to judge lor £75 if tho Competition* paid, and for nothing if tiic-v did not. Messrs, F. Cakes ami 11. Plimmer were uiictpr tlic camo impression. Tlio latter staled agreement vv^ij over made to pay .Mr, Daeyertz £75, ill) it was difficult to know how he could roduco it, verbally, as reported bv tho secretary, to £30, ihe chairman thought that he leineinbored that Mr. BaeyorU had made an ejlcr—£7s or nothing—and thai, tlio society had olfercd £51), but-.Mr, Kacycrta had insisted on his original offer,' an<t there it had remained, Ho asked that the minutes be referred to. .Refcrcnco. to the minutes disclosed that •Jti'i: Baoyert?, had made tho oiler named, that a counter oiler was proposed, jnit Mr. Baeyei'li! had preferred Clio original offer. What tlio original offer precisely was was held by most of thoeo present to be Sir. Bacyprt^s. £75 or nothing offer, hut. as iherd 'n;i|;ht fen e doubt, consideration of the point was deferred until tho fldl, t liflltp'sfpundDm-e could be gone ilita.'"' _Mr._Lcvvey was of opinion that 1 hrs city did not want Mr. Baeyertz to work for nothing. Ho did the'.work, ami should' he liaid for it. The cliairiiuiii remarked that Mr. Baoyerts, in the face of n straight-out offer of £50 from the society, had preferred to make a bargain, arid whatever tlio bargain was it should he adhered to. Proposal to Meat the Difficulty. Mr. Dykes said tlsat lie was prepared to forego £50 from his salary (£150), and he .thought that some of tho linns would allow thom a 25 per cent, discount oil' their acrouuts. Mo thought that fifteen guarantors at £10 would go a long way towards meeting all obligations. Mr. Levvey dill' not think that officers or the judges should suffer, and too City Council should ho- paid its rent in full, He did not favour the guarantor idea. What was Deoidod On. Mr. Plimjwr moved: "That the City Council ho paid -its rent ju full (tes the £50 rebate), ais.o the officers ami judges (with the exception of Mr, liaoyerlK, whose ease remains in abeyance), and Hint the vest of the croditors be aslced to arcept 15s. in ihe £1 in full settlement of their claims. (2) That no payments be made until tho consent of the' whale of tho creditors to tlio proposal be obtained." This was seconded by Mr. Levvcy and carried unsnimousiy.

As nn accompaniment to the resolution, the secretary wa sasko <Ho convey to the creditors an intimation that tho society would make an effort to meet all claims in full hler ou. It was tasiltv agreed that the only alternative to ibis proposal would bo for the society to go- into liquidation.