Dramatic Club.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1602, 7 January 1886, Page 2

Dramatic Club.

TUESDAY NIGHT. v ■■; ;_ „ - , m^ Present — Messrs Kendall, Weight, ** Jolly, Pascoe, -E. Johnston, Hawkins, Pirani, Haybittle, Mitchell, Haultain, Spencer, and Dungan. Mr Haultain m the chair. , v : The resignation of all the members of committee and officers was handed m being the conclusion of the season. The new officers were then elected as stated m yesterday's issue. ; ■ l/V' The balance sheet 6f the Club was: suV- Li mitted and showed a credit balance after paying all liabilities of £3 435. r > i . j Deau Sik, — -Kindly accept my resigns. i tion as a working member of the Club and also as a member of Committee. My; reason for withdrawing from th»., Society will be obvious, as the members ' of the Club and Committee havelpre. sume not been ignorant ot the fact thftj£ "r on each occasion upon which I appear m, [ public, assisting at performances given ,; by the Club, tho editor of the Timeitij**'; ', tematically abuses and ridicules me either directly and personally or by implication. You can understand, that I dp not feel justified m laying myself open tojrepla?- ( ed attacks of this kind. I havetakoa^ much interest m the successful working- ; ot the.Club from its inception and have gone to considerable' trouble to ensure to ' the best of my ability the Club's musical | performances passing off satisfactorily ; I and to: : be ; rewarded by spiteful and ef.. , fensive allusions at the hands of the edi^jr^ ' of the Times on every occasion on w.bicbx ; I appear m public is not , the treatment t feel I deserve. In conclusion I "nwij.,/"*: state that it was known on Sunday last that I was to receive abuse over the: last concert from the limes, and I also am credibly informed that the person ,who ? circulated this report and who.endorsed the jnstipe of the ' l slating " to be given was none other than the Secretary of that ! Dramatic Club, Mr Fred Pirani. Ido~not propose to comment on the matter further, but hope the Club . will admit that under the oiroumstuncaj mr resigns* tion will he considered justifiable and indedd the only coarse left open . to me to pursue. With best wishes for the continned success of the Club, I remain, Yours truly, W. U. Hkalt. Palmer^ton North* ■* . . j * >'f | Dec. 29th, 1885, ' r * Mr Pirani' objected toT certain remarks contained m the letter affectiner himself, and denied having had anything wnaW*' ever to do with the matter.: .,' .cr The Chairman remarked that the metn- ' ' ber resigning had yerj good cinse I fordoing so; considering, the manner he had ... been treated by the paper referred tpv^v/ Messrs Weight^Mitchelt and.E. Johnston also expressed themselves strongly dissapprofing oi the style of. reportinfr. I amateur performances adopted tytW' Times. '" ■■'■-' ■■■'• The following letter was read addressed . to the Chairman of the meeting Uy Mr; iW. U. Healy, resigning his connection with the Club and stating reasons there* for. ■■■■••'; ; , . .._ ■. „ • . ...