Horowhenua Boating Club;

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 September 1915, Page 2

Horowhenua Boating Club;

The annual meeting oi the Horowheiiuo iJoiiUing Club was held in Williams' tea-roonis last evening. There was a gooil attendance, and Mr W. li. Mclntofch occupied the chair.

The report for the past year was read, from which it appeared that out of £,'6 worth of oars purchased by tho club last .February only one remained; tlio rest having been stolen. The bal-ance-sheet showed that the Club was in a good iinaucial position with assets totalling £"211 above liabilities.

The report and balance-sheet 'were adopted as read.

Annual rollout.—"Our dub liko other cspoi-ls bodies lias sullored irom tiio war. A large portion oi' the active members of tho club have gone to the front; several have been wounded and ono-Alr J. Mills-Has been killed. i'Jio club, as will be seen trow the bal-ance-sheet, is in a souna liiiancial position. One or two oi tJie boats nave been <ks«wd<|d us unseawurthy, {U id °" e or tH '« "™ ones added to the number oil the Jake t-Jris year, li'o greatest iroublo the members Ja vj Jjaa I,u w>"tend with uiii-jug the veubeen cJic forcible entry of tfc Ooet shed by non-member* and tlio plant be»'iS ",sc,i and some takon a a|xmt worth oi oars and rowlocks are As a result of tho rcsolul"u' l' ; th« Olub tho .Ui llieter , oi Allaius and Mr \\ ~ a visit to th La ' *'"»»» «7«i <li«c, 55 ed matters m |u.Um therewith As a JVS .,it or visit Hi. likely thai solutes (lJ pioblems in connection with the control of the Lake JJonuiin will i Je reached which will be satisfactory to -i.u mating people and also tne land owners .idjonung the lake. n lO tiianks 01 u,e club are due iu the president and vicepiesuhmt, Messrs l<'osella and \\ alklcy, iin.l Dr.s. Davies and isrybon, for uioir assitanee (.luring the visit oi the Minister and the member for tho district The following new members weru elected: J. Kobertson. \\. Korse, C. Walker, iE. Clark. Ollicers were elected: t'atron: Mr li. lii-owiij pi-esideut, Mr M. I'Wila, vicepiesideiits, Dr Davio.s, JJr liryson, .Ur 11. Awilkley, Mr J. .Robertson, and Mr 'L'. 11. Fykuj caplain, .\Jj- \\ . .Mclntosli ; \ice-capt<un, Mr ii. Jfl. Cork; secretary, Mr 11. JJ. France; committee-, Messrs I'Vechtliny, Wallace.. Allen, \\. Walker. C. Walker, L'uthokl and Kobertson; auditor, Mr \\. i^cclelon. A vote ol thanks was accorded to Air J'.cch'tuii for his .services. U was decided that each nieniber of the club provide his own rowlocks. tJie club's missing property it A\na agreed to [dace ihc iimttcr i'l the liandts of tlie ])olice. Votes (»1 thanks were passed lo Mr I'ol.toi't.Mjn and .Mr France for what they had done in connection uith the preservation ul' the lalvc. ;iih! their help towards tlic formation of a proper 1.-oard of control. The captain, secretary and .Mi - Kol)ertsoii were dej)iite<i to attend lurthoc Ui the matter whenever the necensitv arises