CIVIL SERVICE CLUB

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2156, 23 May 1914, Page 2

CIVIL SERVICE CLUB

rii\*A.NCIAL POSITION BI,VIE^EP

Tlio amniai report <st; tho <ioirimitt;eo ; of tho Civil Service O'kb states that tlio ltuiuber of members at tho. eii.d of i-lte Ji'Baiieial yeat was .179, sjt&moiy, 2 life iwefflbers,- 132 ordinary.. mSmbferS, and 3G oonittry. members, During tlio' year 26 wore elected. and 31 resigtied. This fesiilt- is disappointing, tho moro so beeauseit was anticipated that the leasing of part of the club building by tho Aiivatoiar''Spdrts- Fedwatiow would cause a larg© inih'ix of lnenibers to theclub. Unfortunately the federation did not receive sufficient support from the various sports associations to ■enable it to survive its first ycat. No tuiftnsnoial Uiembers have been wrft'ten • _ oft' thebooks, and tho item, "SirbspriptSoßs iiiipaid,'' in tho balanee-slieet includes thq amounts brongb't forward from preccdittg years. Tho conimitteo records with great .i.ogret tho death during the year of three members., l>r. A. 51'ATthaf, S->St<> and Messrs. W. T. Gordon and F. li. N. Slaaisfioki. %w fifst-mentiotied, who was a vice-president of tho dub sineo its inception, took a warm interest in the club and its members, and bis loss is deeply felt. . Tho financial position of the ekth, tlio committee states, is such as i& can-so grave concern. The result of tho year's operations, is a profit of £i 5 13s. M, on. tho actual working of the club, but, after writing .off tho sum of jEllS'l.'*. ■£d, for dopreoiatteii of furniture., etc., ; a net loss of £Mft 3s. lid, is,disclosed. i TJjer'O was a slight jntrea.se. ii'i tho rovquuo Irani the bedrooins, wdirflli IiSVo been almost fu.Uy occupjod during the greater, portion' oi the year, bit the oilier dojinr&nents sbaw a strtoti* diccliiio, tho brjfia.rd-room receipts espflci-a-lly' being very disappointing. Several onc-night toU-nianients wero arranged during tho year, but the support received from members Was far front encouraging to tho coinmtttsc. "The rinsatisfactary position of the club," tlio report conttae.Si "is Very largely duo to the deplorable apathy of the- majority of members-, and it will bo inij»:ssiblet •to eofiiintto ijwtdt longer -With tho s-u ; i>port only of tboso fw members who httvo been taking .any interest In its welfare ■ during recent times. It would be a matter of laatiftg regre.t if tho club were .forced into liquidation, but -unless members como forward and take a more aetivo part m Supporting its operations, it may become necessary to sOTSously contider > tho advisability of wandinK up its affairs. Certain proposals will lie submitted at t-ho aiiiiiial ■rneeting-, and it is hoped that M':ero Will b<& a fiill attendance of .members, so that smiw useful expression of o.ptii.ioii as to tho future prospects OS tlvo ej'ub raav bo obtained, "Tlim library has;, boon fairly well patronised during tho year, and a -considerable niinitior of the latest books have been added to the catalogue. '"Tho fkinlis of the club arc tendered to J)r, \V, J. Andwsoii for hi,? donaiioii of £-2 2s. to tho library fund, to those members who subscribed towards tiro pnretoso of VC4f book'Sj to Sir. V>. Boss i'o.r his gift of a haiidsonio ineturo, and to Sir. 11. C Vf> PhH* for his valu-abfo assistaneo in organising coi'ifievts duringthe year."''