YOUNG MEN’S INSTITUTE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 120, 11 August 1927, Page 14

YOUNG MEN’S INSTITUTE

TE AWAMUTU MEETING The annual general meeting of members of the Te Awamutu Young Men’s Institute was held on Monday evening. There was a good attendance of members, over which Mr. J. Oliphant presided. The balance-sheet showed assets totalling £B7l 13s 2d, of which the Market Street section of £BOO was the principal item. Apparatus £27, and bank balance £l4 15s 2d, made up the total. The profit and loss account showed proceeds of tournaments £34 7s 5d and £ls 14s 9d, subscriptions £3l ss, and donations £4 Is Id. After paying sundry accounts, there was a balance of £l9 18s lid. The election of officers resulted as follows:—President, Mr. J. Oliphant, sen.; vice-president, Mr. S. S. Preston; junior vice-president, Mr. C. A. Reilly; secretary, Mr. A. A. Chittenden; treasurer, Mr. G. H. Rodger; stewards, Messrs. F. Baker and W. Ryan; auditors, Messrs. G. O. Jourdain and W. McGovern: committee, Messrs. H. Holt, F. B. Teddy, W. Bayne, D. Horan and A. Turrell. It is anticipated that the lease of the Market Street section will be disposed of at an early date at a figure returning the institute a satisfactory income. It was mentioned that a member of the institute, Mr. W. Bayne, the present holder of the lightweight wrestling championship of New Zealand, intends to challenge for the heayweight championship of the Dominion.