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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2127, 20 April 1914, Page 5

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THE CLUB, ■ The- iTiwtyjcighUi annual ftiecting of the UVilingtoii Cliess ClnT) n'as lioM hi tlw club's roarn, King's Chainbers. mi Saturday evoiusg. M-r, f. li. Kclling presided. Tim annual report recorded tiro doinga of last soasofii and lefercd with regret t0 tho tteatli of tlio Bfecretsirr, Mr. Jas. D. Wooclford. The 131243 Buttmer tfl-urnov, for w : hwh the first prize w.n-s givon by tlio vk<?-presidcn.t, IU, Q. L. Fell, was comhietfld in tho early Bart of tlio new year, mid. weft by w. 0. Mill, with a pqinfcsj S. (Jyles being ficeoiid S points, Eolloiring the t«u : mey, W* E. Mason chtillbng<4 a!!-come% ajid tesi only tfl-o gsmos, id Mess-M. S. GyJes' and Hill. Tho ladder ehainpionship had ■hepTi vo.rv brisk, and. W» B, 51a,son regained tho «lub'e chanipionsJliip; ltli<s Ulub *a.s pleased, proceeded the report, to. aecept a challenge f.fdm the Syd.ney School of Art Ohass Glijb: to jilaj a- corWajiondenco game, and tho Uanteburj' Ohesfl Club had also .oltaHengod to :play anothei- totegrapbib matcli, for wiiicli 14 was hojied iirrangoments ivmtld soon be eomplotedv In a eorros|toßdqijcfi mftteh of tsvo games with the Wairarana, tbs ■ffdUiflgtoa Club was eiiceegsful m- winning both fames. Tho mcttthorship. sibek ■ at 44. fMtrteeji being hoji. s ißfenibors. : The committee was of opinion that a: larger room should bo obtaiiitid for tlio cltifr.

The resignation of Mr. B. L, Jstmos, vho hw peon it mcrtiber for 520 ygars, was received ttitli mtich regrfttj a.ttd tho e&nwsfc hopo was *spreesed that Jtis heidtli wpfll3 goon albn* Mm to rc3in.De hts 'activities, ■ ■

■ The dates for the tcn^isido 1 Canterbury tolograpbio match Trtfro set dotfii SB iM.ay 23 and 80. Til* report and ba.lancfcshoefc .(which eijoWfidbasiiinhsiid £2 35,, Habilitieg nil, a&sqts £69) wore adopteff, oil the ■motion of Jlr. Fouhy, who congratiilatecl the club <m its soijnsl positwa. For the jMsitioji of ttfosideftt, &. Eelling noißinated Mr. W, f. Bam-ud, t?bo has bceti <K}iifttfliKnis.ly on t)i.o hooks ■$thc6 tlw. iacepMoii of tlto elitb in My, 1876. and; as thfcro no othor noiniiistjojis, Mr. Ba-jT-iud was-«kc:tcd to tho positioji.. On talang tilio'chair he -«-aa greeted with applaTiso. Ho ttmnk-d tho juerabors for ofeoiiiig him, ilid gave an aiterestwg resiuno of tho liistorj- .of tlio club, stating ttiat, with the assistanee of the late Mr. jB. R«i3vcSj jm started tho club.

. The remaining officers efeoted a.is follow Mr, A-. Q. Fell, Mr, p. Steel (both hoii, Sficretary and. tfeasoforj Mr. W. Coiriier Hill (.rcelectod) ; hon. ftUditer, Iff?. W. Mac]?ajr. (r<M>lfceted) j Gottsmittee.) Messrs.. AV. E s Masai, Gjlos, Bo>i. ( W, It, Bock, 0 4 W. Tajiner, Mid f\ E. Koliitii. A St>eoia:l Committieo prcviotislv upf pointed to go int<> fh» (j-u'estioh of mnV roopis . prassirtea a fcpgft, : offers ]ia& been received, inehdmg altenato pfoposals inado by tho *nd ajrangoiiKjivta may- joosfcibiy be- made with, tho latter body, ivhicfr ivfll coaching of some «f th<) Y.M.p.A. players, jjftej (liscussing tlio various proposals, Mssgrs. Bar-i-aiid, Barnes, JPclf. and Kill were appointed to go further into the inrttefj wiw power to come to final aitaiigorfienta. . ' A vote , o.f tJisitics to thoso ftho had assisted, durhw the year, and to tiie ehairnian, concluded the locating. Tho. Hon. Eccretory o.f the Wctington South Club is submitting a very satisfactory rfejHirfc and W)a.nee-shoei_t at the annual meeting of tlis eliib, vAich is to be held nS the looms iai the Sfewtown PuWie li/ibrary on Friday.