Feilding Athletic Sports

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 101, 26 October 1893, Page 2

Feilding Athletic Sports

The annual general meeting of the Feilding Athletic Sports was held in the Assembly Rooms last evening. There were present— Messrs E. Goodbehere, Sherwill, Sandilands, Walter Bailey, Kirton, H. Worsfold, Davy, Mills, R. H. Whisker, A. R. Allen, C. Bray (junr), G. Lethbridge, Bast- 1 I ings, Matheson, Burlase, P. Thomson, i • Gosling, W. G. Haybittle, Morey, i G. H. Saywell, W. Giesen, J. Smith, Curtis and Saxon. Mr Goodbehere was voted to the chair. The minutes of the previous general meeting were read and continued. The balance-sheet lor the year 1892, was rend as follows : — Expenditure — Bank overdraft last year, i8 8s lid ; prizes paid, £155 ; advertising and printing, £17 15s 6d ; sale of privileges (commission), £4 7s 6d ; secretary, £10 10s ; baud, £10 ; other small accounts, £B4 9« 5d ; interest on overdraft, 3s 6d ; balance at bank, £<i 18s 7d ; total, £244 13s sd. Receipts — Balance on hand from 1892, 16s ; nominations, £22 15s ; acceptances, £88 8s Id ; lawn booth, £14 ; paddock booth, 110 10a ; correct cards, £5 5s ; games, 10s ; lease of paddock, £10 ; rules sold, Is ; main gate, £80 Is 9d ; lawn gate, £51 9s ; Oval gate, £3 ; subscriptions, £2 2s ; tin presented cheque. £4 ; cash on hand, 11 15s 8d : total, £244 13s sd. Deposit Account — Fixed deposit, due May Ist, 1894, £52 10s ; accumulated interest May Ist, 1493, to September Ist, 1893, 15s 7d ; cash on hand, £1 15s 8d ; balance at bank at date, October, 1893, £3 18s 7d ; total, £58 19s lOd. Mr P. Thomson proposed, and Mr Bailoy seconded, That the balancesheet as read be adopted. — Carried, The following gentlemen were elected a committee, on the motion of Mr Kirton, seconded by Mr Morey, wi'h power to add to their number: —Messrs F. Y, Lethbridge, Walter and William Bailey, Btrachan, C. Bray, C. Bray (junr.), Gosling, Goodbehere, Hartgill, Morey, W. Reid. G. Saywell, fl. Worsfold, I*. Thompson, R. H. Whi«k<r, G. Kirton, W. G, Haybittl)>, Bastings, Mills, A. R. Allan, Matheson, Burluce, G. Y. Lethbridge, Davy, \V. Gieaen, and Kelleher. Mr Gosling proposed, and Mr P. Thomson, seconded, That Mr Sherwill and Mr O. Bray junr. be reelected as secretary and treasurer respectively. — Carried. Mr Goodbehere said that the Sports Reserve would, by the end of next month, be vested in trustees and would then be the property of the Borough ; the deeds were being prepared now. Mr Sherwill referred to the damage done to the property on the Oval. The locks to nil the doors and the windows were smashed, and the property in the sheds had suffered considerably. He would like anyone to let him know when they saw persons knocking about things on the Oval and he would take on himself the responsibility of prosecuting. Everything was in good repair at the last sports and now it would take about £l5 < 3pr £20 to make good the damage. Behind been told that some person was seen galloping a horse in the Oval, cutting up the ground. Mr Goodbehere .suggested that someone residing near should be paid a small sum for caretakiug. He would like to see trees planted and the place beautified generally. Mr Kirton thought it would be as well for the committee not to lease the pad* dock at all, as they only got £10 for the paddock, and it cost them £20 for repairs. Mr P. Thomson suggested to shut it up and make hay. Mr Smith, lessee of the paddock, ex* plained that the galloping in the Oval was by a boy who went there without his permission or knowledge. A lot of the damage was caused by the followers of football teams. The matter was left in the hands of the committee, who will deal severely with any person founi damaging property on the Oval. Mr Kirton moved a vote of thanks to the chairman, and the meeting adjourned. _ ___^__ _ _____