SUCCESSFUL YEAR

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 536, 20 May 1933, Page 4

SUCCESSFUL YEAR

ORPHANS' CUUB ■ MANY FINE MEETINGS * ' HELD IN LAST SESSION ■OPENING NIGHT JUNE g •* Ari enthuSiastic -annual gen meeting of ihe Rotorua Ornlifl Club was held in ihe- Citizens' Oh, rooms on Thursday evening whei) " rangemepts for the club's season discussed and a committee electM The retiring president, Rro, j_ Roberts presided. . ' • 1 A The anhual report stated that co sidering that} the club felt it bent ' to. curtail- tbe length 6f n ' session and reduce the annual sfik soniption owing to pfevailing Circll stances, the financial position cojj be considered satisfactory. The s, sion consisted of eight club and n '" ladies' night, the subscription bein! reduced to twenty shillings. .J)espib this the treasurer's report showet ' profit of £5 14s 10s for the yJ against a loss of £24 10s 7d in 1931 The sessiion commenced "on June g with 94 memhers, exeluding the or4 I estra. During the session 26 ftremberj : resigned and 21 new members joij, ed. The average attendance was fi In recogiiition of his services to tls club, Bro. F. Goodson, was elected a life member at the annual meetinein > 1932. 6 Services Recognised The valuable .servicesi of the 0rch. ! estra under the able conduetorshin of Bro, H. J. .Heley are-'also -niefi. tioned in the report and alsft. to the • orchestra and Mr. J.-. Thomas who co&. triibuted the programme on the oe- i casipn of the Cambridge visit; The 1 programme provided by the Eamii. \ ton Club in Rotorua on Septeniber 1 * was tho.roughly enjoyed. Pratenhl visits were also. paid to Te Aroha and : Oambridge. During tbe year vj?iis were" reeeived from inany member! ; of other clubs and also from two j memhers of the expeditionary ship j Discovery II., who gave an dnterest- \

ing address. The ladies' night held on October 6 provided a . fitting close of a very ! ■successful season and those who con- , tributad the programme are thankei { Thanks are also extended in the te- ' port to all who helped the club ii ' any direction: during the session and concludes by expressing a desirefe the renewal of old friendships and ' support during the conning year. Election of Officers The election of officers resulted as | follows: President, Bro. C. R. Tap per; vice-presidents. Bros. W. J,; Evans, E. G. Guy,- J. M. Roberts, if; 1 S. Wallis, B. M Green, W. R. Harris, | L. J. Bayf eild and F. Goodson; hon. fl secretary, Bro. J. A. Brown; hon. 9 treasurer, Bro. Brown; hon. audifor, fl Bro. L. C. Ryan; chief stewardj Bri, I H. W. Beale; hon. conductor, Bro. 1 1 J. Heley; pianists, Bros. II.- J. Heley fl and L. E. Andrews. Committee; BrSi, fl E. Harvey, C. R. Goodson, H. if, fl Beale, E. Fowkes, W. J. Kurney, W, fl A. Knaggs, L. E. Andrews, C. HW-fl cock and! C. Griffiths. ^ fl On assuming the chair the witf fl elected president, Bro. C. R. Tappsfl thanked those present for placingbirfl in the office and expressed the hope J that the coming session would he oi; fl of the most successful in th'e history fl of .the club. ; m It was decided to arrange the opemfl ing night for /Thursday, June 8 and to 9 conform to the previous year's pro-fl gramnre of a session covering eiglifl club nights and a ladies' night wtbfl a subscniption of 20s. fl Votes of thanks for the excetatfl work performed hy the outgoing phfl ficers and committee and especialiyfl the services of the orchestra unaflfl the haton of Mr. H. J. Heley wfl passed with applause. ,fl