ANNUAL MEETING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 39, 16 January 1885, Page 2

ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of $c abovei Club was held last evening uti the • Coniniferciai Hotel; iVeMV-'Messrs McNeil (chairman), Lyeiris, Skertoan, jun., Walkley, Coombes, Milverton^ Hayhijitle, Smith, Bentley, Prinze/ Jobnstone, Pratt, Macintire, T. Kmg v > and the Secretary (J. King)* ; The Chairman commenced the;proceedings with a few gciunal remarks, said he woulcF compliraenti the ■stewards/ and committee for the bxu& .cess 'attending their HBfiorts m jconnection with .the- late meeting, which; success was mainly due to their united 'adfcion. He hoped that at the present 'meeting any discussion' which - might arise would be conducted m g66d spirit^ 'arid that there, would be no biekeririg or anything that would' mar the reputation of the Club. , . ' ;f ' The Secretary then' read ; the minutes of the last' meeting, during .which, he pointed pub ..to the Chairmanthe fact that the vesolutiou passed at such .meeting, re .Mr Walton's dismissal appealed m a misleading form m the Tinies newspaper, bujt f that' he .had .obtained the. original written .document,, and the tesolution as appearing; m the < minutes was 'a copy ;J of this. ,' '■'", '''[ '.'. .".', '..",'/' i y: J l^-i The following report of Committee j.jfjas then read..:— ... '.','>;" i '■ ;' ' . EEPOET OP COMMITTEE, i . ; ''' " !: Your committee; Jiaye the pleasure to present "herewith, a statement of receipts and expenditure, for the late meeting, showing an available ; balance, aftejr discharging all liabilities of 13sjld, a result, which juust be gratifying, iwhen the fact is borne m. mind . that . the past season, as. far as ra«ing, matters are concerned, ; was , an _ exceptionally ' dill} onfi, ownig, m a gre&Vmeasure,' tp.the very ' unsettled - state ' ; of the ■ 'weather. : , The, membership i". shews s a decrease m num- ' ber, compared .with last year, owing to the subscription having been doubled,, but the .receipts underpins head, shWratf increase 'of £'6S 19s, over -last yejir ; as some dissatisfaction has been expressed at the fee having been raised, it will come within your province to determine at' this meeting what the amount shall jbe. m future, jpuring the past year the sum .£7B, has been expended m making a training -■- course; and 1 ' although farther improvements m that direction are desirable when funds are available, yet those already made have proved to be a,gre"at Acquisition. Amongst 1 the items jpf re-:-iceipt is the sum 1 of \£ss>7s: sd : :frojri the Borough Council reductions of guaranteed' bank overdraft ' r this sum has not beeii available to the Club m , ; #&y. way, having been j devoted, jfco«vthe purpose naftied, the overdraft whibh was limbed $4QQ test year, being now limited^ ; ' Owing net ft 6tibfc ! to the > unsettled state of the l feather and irt «om£'4n&sure to the general financial depression, the pro_ceeds'fcom ;sale of -psi^^to i^/is3i4B| less than ,las^ ,,ye.aiv so that your 'committee h&Ye_ wl to exercise considerable •care a^diore. thought.,^ f Qi;der toj ; m# 'the I 'late meeting a finWoial duooess, whjph result, however, has .been jiappuy/ attained. During the pastiith"ree months the duties of .Honorary i Seoretary have been discharged by Mr/James King who. undertook his duties temporarily \ His' re- ; signation being m the hands of the comlnittee you : will to-night Mve^ to take :Stej>s towards 'appointing m^'gupcesspr, . .- Before adopting the above a discussion took placA as teethe >appqin> rnent 41 » paid seorefory* TTltunatflly,! ifce feppvl; wa^ftdqpfedi.. arjd the batahcersheet' War rca/1 ;— -- - '"' l V .-/-; ; , RfecEiPtiir-'?'';''^ • . .f^\Baiance from last 'year'; „,! Vt ft ■ glance from 94 -5 Q Borough qouncU . •,„ ;[/•>.; \M '? Members' Subscriptions ... 126 £5 0 Training Fees. and Matches 816 0 Entries & Ac- j ■f: ceptances . •. I J. i '■ k:>U ;17^ ;ll"-rfi ; Proceeds sellling, Hack Eace 12 0 0 From Tbtalisatbr 91 12' 0 Sale of Privileges ... ...244 7 0 Ihteresjtjon iJjbrtgage .;.... 10 0 Tfr ::ia.C'i to- oU;. c^'^sf X 4 v Amount of overdraft guaran-' i< ,jrj: 3 ' v, •U^Jteed !^-;^- ! >,;^ : ) ..; 34jJ 0. 6 ■ ■ '•■ - Jll9B 14,11,. EXPENDITURE. i , t , ; Liabilities from la^t meeting ,h M , : viz., Hack Hiirdles £10, „..; ; ;' ; - and Cameron 22s GA ... 11 2 8 Liability from Winter Meet- ; , / . ing' ;..., „.■ ... -l'l^ '6. Interest' on Overdraft" ■- ... 35^ >2 -0 "Secretaryjs Salary ... V;,.. 27;J8 u6i Insurance on Grand Stand... J2 9 6 "Cost • of ., making' 'Training J . Course . >(i \... ... '78. 0 0 Cost of S'foid' Books .... ... !7 7 0, r Labor on Course ..,..; •"%.. is 5 0i Advertising :.. I ; ;.; •. \J... 49 10 ,8 . Custodian's fees for Horses j " ' ' a J^rajning ; . rA ... ' „, \% Q 0 Kent of Course „, ,„ Q 0 Stationery .>., „*v-; " '- i 3 13 2 Printing 1 ... '..'S A..V - ..V '^1 0 6 Ban^ >„ ... ; i.. ... 11 6 0 Complimentary Tickets to ; .•'.'.-; ,'Vii ', „ . L.awn, .., .;, , ,„. ; 6 15 0 WIJ.C. Rules 12siHiiigs ! &c.^ . j...,'. (. Ss9di - •".;,?-:• ,„/ i/fi : -'& Cartage 14«-64, Rosettes 6s, ,\ 1 0 6 . Jtopes Ac, 14s 24 Ppstage^q, aS^Ma.;.^ ... ... 2 J 0 Stewards and Visitors Lur\- l! '■•'■' :)li ' chepn. ..,. ,„, „ ,.. 10i>7:-^ Coc^ttiQn of ' PriVfleges I J? 10s, Belhnan 3s, ... 7j-18i .; A AnAOUrit paid^to Winners , „, 500 0 0 Paid towards reduction of r h "Overdraft 5 - •... ' ,;,^ C 4(^ ■'• - ' •M: ' ' ■"' '•'»■ '^1848 14' li^ 'Arnonnf of -BankrOverdraft 828 6, XX gaAance ,„ ,„ .., 40 la 1 ? ;■

, A discussion took place over the ma^ or of 'aajiit, and was terminatea py Mr T. %iug proposing "That the to this meeting TW^teoeived, subject to audjfc."— Seconded by Mr Skcrman and carried. : Mr Pratt Informed the Chairman the next buiriseas, would be the remgnatioii of the committee. _The rfla^jgTfuijfQj^^^ n^ mmmittoo liavit!^ been handed Tib, tfieChalrman j;aidhe siiicerelvl 'hoped the present •roembsrs wpald retain: fchftjr,,tfffi^, ai hp.'oelieved they were men possesginip exceptional 7 !a l»UitvMdr the position, Jind had acted- in the Club's interest m a .\niftnnei; .reflectipa.'nftno kut the greatest praise. ( * A discussion then ensued over the proper cQurse to be pursued m order torewiuthe' dervicls oi'ibe present members pf QQmmitjtee. , The Sepretary r^uark«d thatin the .eventorr.ftu.f^Mtio^oif nW -joen, it . *4B to.be hop ( e4, that^OTejApT would take au. interjßst.in' |he;. ( Ciub and attend : tjhq jtneQtin^s #ouj!i'te pronosed. Of :t!!P;^man^Jit re - meetings, and , p^ . couii^ ' ffiJJ work ne^sarily m o^ \ t ',§#Jsfi did attend, and such a practice mßmoit undesirable m the futurl^ w» usual to propose the members individually, W ignore than the re2 u i r^J»?fr^^ere proposed, to natloT for the excess. J*r;{^kUy h%|beifs|Bonio experience m lacing raaCfeVf^would b? appointed * Tifei members of comnHSetJ.just^fJfilgneii Wete^well qualified for the-poaition, and they had 'carried; on.the..businei»'. iri tkfe past M^ ex. ception o^'ithe.j^niftll disagreeWnt re the secretary/eyeiything had gone on .smnbte^and was* matter of the ,pja.st and forgotten. , oThe Chairman %>^gVt*Jwijerinr the smaUnos!M»f the attendance at the meeting; that it.jvfdßia np>,Jje ad- ; jvisabb; to eleofc a fieslHcbmmjtjjie. A motion; Hcceptjug the resignation of the committee was then proposed by i: Wt \WMBto*Mßo*Mtote Mr Haybittleiijuidjcarried. The following gentlemen were duly elected as a commjttee^tr-.Mwsrs JRcatt, Johnstone, J. King^Pringle, A. S. Bentley,-J. C. Nathan, Lyons, i Macintir^ and Haybittle. ''. - . if ' Hi J/ * r . The appointnient ota secreipry was nextjqonsrdiHrgdV J J'iie hon/ffletary, Mr J \ ; exjJain^ o^ thT salary of the Hecret^y, ttiat when Mi* %al ton was iii offifjeMie, 'haS*b^efe[ 'vbted a „tplie second r meetine l in^he'^ear was ananged he had receiv^a 1 Ik/nus of £25, making a° tbVal : oiTm^or hin t sery ices for the, jeac, Convei-sation; o ver" \1$ l f <Ha^er oi remMnei-a^ng 1 the secretary or not here became gencraj- 1 JJ ltimatelr it was resolve^, on the" 'motion of Mr « Th'l ? M?^^ i^* 6 ™^ •ff^U- King he appointed secieYaiy'ai^ala^o^BSO." ...Mil Johnstone thought ther could riave>'H v^itel t#«,iJfe\|fficient man for the, :,. position thau Mr King. ''Wi had'be'fih acttrff/'htfJa^fieVed, as secretary, ahd'they had had an opportunity of- spelng what his abilities were.** <-n ?< J|£ }.^\ T^e Chawma^ m complimentary terms or the high qualificiitiri^^M^^Eui^^pliiss^sSl'tbr the post of secretary, and was pleased to see him elected* -■ -. : , — -.-~-. v Messrs A. S. Bentley and A. R. F. Johnston€>>*B; ejected auditors. Th^ Chkirmari^hen informed thameeting ihat^hev^ould have now toconaider a matter {^importance, via., raei^bers' x subscHpons. For hi» patt She thought t^To guineas was a reasonable, charge. He had ;be^u %; a .member of a good many 'racing ' clffij^U always been two guinea^. TJL^ J JohffttiMik*teA. and Mr Haybittle seoonded, *TB»i the snbspripUon remain at. two guineas."— The ,m«onder T wouJd.like to .see the <jharg&for;,fjH|£ i W^lffiftjMced bofore putting^ this resolution.—DUot allowing membets tne privilege of /^)4?s^ o «f A a(^:tejpf^yH«©----Ti» motion wks, ( p_u^ andtcarried, the ftrflowing adrhtion'al resolution being : a!?* . the. «iQi^n,/)tM^l^'ops^s^conde<i by Me Park, "That one lady be admitted )fr«o^#!i/m^h»i'8 f ,^ J ftll i pai*s of the co»Hmlra^<Jsand. w ' MrJaaJKing remarked that if it -^ff>bb%WWbjq^^ jw waolation would have to Be earned. ■ : The matter of gate entrance -was ne^t djaouffied. __ "'M^iT, so that • both sides of t^equtetion ahtruld be freely discuss^ thai 4^e"ohalr^elbj^dmission at^the gate be reth^ieti pointed out that th&c^niniittee had atfer due de-.. hberat^on to. : ihe conclusion to charge 2s ? ;:but that , membfers would only Attend ihe the coinjnutteeihjajbenefit; ofj^aw opinions it wouldbe gratifymg^ to them ana assist them m deciding questions of importance, fbutjiVjiQemafcuV waWvery^SLsheartening to tn'e members of ttie oonimittee to see club meetings called with such .poor atfefl9iftib\B, and^fclen i£k 'tii& flbmmittee • decided, tOrdo oertain things they were ' ac'ciia&d J of !tt)ismanaJgySjeWi^and not act* ing wiyj,4isp»tion. ..- y, , •. |jr*"t r^^e^*mayorof one A shilling admission, seconoinglhe propor \ 'fipni.'" 1"• ' "• > i( . 5 'W --ill o?.«ia r \ / ; Mr Walkley; a^b^k^aejsiWfeating the. charge of 257 sidvahem^tts/afroof of the disadvanitage 'ofi tiusiibyaqnatiiig the re* marks ofcautaairelle? ; the last i day th.c observed the number of peopl^jmwß^ FeUding by both up and down u*uni and proceed to. the sports there* The njotionwaa^thei). »ut and earned mubsm(Qqaly.* » O ,J „ tyfr J, Kin&.here.jßtated_Jthat he had ""heeii 1 reijuested b^ "then I president Mr Macarthuii. tolninßi]Bi^bre the meeting the matter otthe totaUaator-aad suggeßt that the various otaha amalagate and purohase^a riiftißfine, they would find a saving per-nnjuun of some .£l5O, each cI»V iWQRM iPAy, #F«»qi#fl&fflx according tQ ■ the j^vahxe rf|Cifm{ H l^ ss^ n»ney. Mr Kjp4l .^M^^i .jTW^^^ that a ."tleal ;. s^i w^eise .'comment had of I M«m^ttsltUttby> manner in^<leb4oh ! the.>toteHsa^ had been worried .ate th^fhwfer [meeting and no dooM:^ .the"i4>roj^{ l( o]s^btammg a. machine /v % J( fhs.^hbi^m».. Club waa i #£**%s• .»p WmA consideraWft &&\ ana'T>eAeM|o^bsßacing Club m th.c district, •-•' !l .' l - ) c i.i'r; ' •Mr i J6ttfetbn ; s«fllted 1 4!hatthis scheme had) been teiedii&uiOtaitt&bury and 'O^ier';iolßfcsjj..feut t haditft l»(»bandoned fta bemg impracticabtej.^f entaOmg : such responsibihty on Qui. as ta cause immediate disoontinuawe^ Mr Coombs proposed th^j fos m^«r

" be left m the hands of the Committee to i;{_fleaLwjth, f SmYl.Ti .•'..' -•■■,;■■■■,.<■..■■.. 1 -. 1 iir.'^ark thought/ tb^at the meeting mignt^g /guided by the result of the action* of .otter Clubs without charging > /the Con^nittee with the affair and thereDy end' iliesuDJect. i . Mr .Wftlldey, seconded -Mr r ; Cpdmbes tfil^^pßs'itJ6n v \v.hicii was'carrjed. *; i ' Me^S'e'et^ fbr'tfieir action m conferring '^^Ijottliini .'the .post 1 of Secretary. '' '• , ' il wiis Idecicled re ppsitpionpf Treasurer iia^h'avelHis'bfi3icejfiued 'protein by the Secretary and until'the former .Treasurer : 1 Gr'.'f A^d'cquaVrie' retur^d, this it 'V'sti& e'^ecte^'wplild be m ampiith or so. G"' S(fi: i ' Hay^fi't'tie p^ppbsed' a Vote of thanks to Mr v Jame^ l King : 'fot .'his! indi'•^feableM^pn^Min^ the;. past few f { hi6S^^ wh'ils^ac^g'ashon. Secretary. Mr. Frait : seconded ■"•' aiid ! the'motion "^ utiaiiiiHbWt'arried 1 .; ; i'; ;i ' { io b'f tnanks J td the .Chairman "WougTittHie meeting 1 to a closed )