Turanaki Rugby Union.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 792, 7 April 1905, Page 2

Turanaki Rugby Union.

• ANNUAL MEETING. ; He annual meeting ol the Ttf*" tiaki Union waa held at Htiwtr ord on Tuesday evening. Mr f. y. Uellrinaer (chairman) preaMtod, WIL, the followiiif delegate* were pnxwnt. Messrs A, Humphrica (Star Club). " Htanditfh and Mjtiott (Tukapa Club) * Proctor (WWitim), Spurdle (!«*!»• 1_ wood), Hlottery and Christie (*'»*- " mfttc),''McLeod sod Ulaag u w I tham), Ulitfe (Haweri), MaiiteM (Stratfoid), Hhiolda (Pate*), Jury « > and Betta (Okaiawa), Clarke CO|M»- *" nakn). 'i he annual report utatod '• "Your committee are tfeaaed to* , ay that the Union la at taut in • fairly satisfactory poalUos flnawrtal- , ly-a position they havo not bent in | for many year*, and It la hoped the orner of bad fortune has at laat i l>ecn turned. 11» credit balance is c 'due entirely to the Ima tch—a fixture which your cooMnit|tee, afte. - coosiderable trouble, MN fortunate enough to arrange. [. "A |«rusal of the balanes dheet will show that, after payn*Mt of cx- . jK.nnes, the not credit on nmteheit is [| small, due to the fact that the* cutamittee are under great expflnae !a the matter of hire of grounds and k players' expenMss, and. So long l a* u this continues the Union will have * difficulty In keeping finance on tfc* k credit aide, "During the season InterprowtMM M . ma tehee were played ageteet Wm>. o ganui, Wairarapai, WeWngton, Maw >, watu and Auckland, Sn all of whlcfc game* Taranakl were again vfetorin <- ous, It is pleasing to note tkatdnr--0 log the past two yoaia yew r«fir»< 1- eentatives have not suffered a stagla defeat. The British match ended te >- a drawt Th cup contests were won - by Tukapa (seniors), Walmate (Aral) 1 Juniors), and Walmate (secood Jimh ,iore) 4 1 ,. "It says much for the reputation ~ lof Taranakl thai (our members have »• been chosen from It* football rnnhg * to represent New Zealand at HmMiu, the players being Mntri aleßa, B«s< ' ter, MynotX, and Snlttvan. There is every prohUMUty ol the AUnMaW team sHaying a game against Taran tills "The committee'Serire to CordUKx L . thank,- all those who so giwiiuwidjf, e came forward to aign thagnaraMe* for the lhiUsb matat, and oMKra, I who, in many waft's, aertstwl Um ' r . | Union in making it a financial «no> n ceas' "The halanco-dseet show#i that tN - total receipts amounted to tIIM ISa id. The expemUturs toUSeft to £O9O lis Mid, and adding te tMf the balance of £O3 6e 44 wtNMkt for* r- ward, there waa now a <xp4it balance 0 ol £124 Oe 3d, The total takbwi on the British match amewAel tq| y (£776 8s 4<l, and cxpenaes £4M 18a 'Bd, including £3OO proportkw to le the New Zealand Union." 9 | The report and bafetMrekatH wen Udopted, i-1 The following officers wait |ed President, Mr A, Bayly (reelected) ; hon, atefAmty. Mr. I> 4 Skoghund (Straltord); Kao. tna»urer, Mr T. Bnehanan (WaiUra) j selector for. Inter-proTlncial |Mr G< Sytne; management ooauriln i } t tee,. Messrs A. Hutnphriet (Btn#« ■ IMasters (Stratfond), Spurdie (la* glnwood), Slattcry (Waimate), Jury, « '(Otaiawa), and Clark (Opunake). r v. | Mr Bellringer lnUmate4 that ls "- j ( could not we Ma way to aclo«tlw management conunittee this y. and was accorded a hearty Mt « n- thanks for Ms past services. 5,1 Mr A. H. Holmes (WtUlngton) wan • appointed to represent the Cilon aa. - delegate on the Now flaslaml Bagtqn . st I Union,, and Mr A, Ueyly was elected . 01 I vico-preaident u> the New laptihin* . j iHnlon. ' 1 - Meters Webster and Peon wera elect* j, ed auditor*. a, j The selectors for trial matdw to (were appointed as follows KorUh 1, era division, Meeere aHi 9, Htaodich; tioutbem divielon, Me>an ' Slattery and Hunter. - Votee of thanks were acoorJed to 0- ( all poai officers, the press, Mr drUm iitha and the Boferoes' Aosoeiation. e- It woe decided to recommend the New Zealand Rugby Union to 1»> r- move tho dMiualiOcatton ftwn Bk< >. greaves. 1-1 Mr Blandish, moved, "That tke ri management committee oetrfSsfc ol 'one member for each affllluied d 4». y- > |«-Lost. A notice of motion dealing w(t!i 'rule & was withdrawn hy Mr Halt* d ringer* - t | Mr KiveU's pr<q>oaltion, '"lkt'tll J - present area allotted to New Ptf ' '* mouth clubs he cut up Into IIM distinct district*," waa withdrawn. * I Mr Buchanan moved, "'Jtial section B under the heading '• bo altered to read : * Who has n|ay> 1 ed more then twice In senior owa. ■ 1 nonteetn."—Carried, \ Mr Bellringvr'e motion* " T*m& - ' players shall be under tte Control ei I the Union and subject to lte Maea • |roiu the time they teavn home to .1 toko part in any ma Mi until n«H> t- , night of the day of the > where a team travels, Mm> d«h nheS b be responallrie for tho oondnet \4 m <">y person fi«velHi« with n ■tea", whether ho be a member «r j. not," was carried), il I 't wa» decided, on the motion iti y , Mr Bellringer, -"That in order |» . put the Heferee*' AMbclaUna ms " (a satisfactory financial tooting. Mm ( annual sulwcription of the —limn .teams be increased by tl Is, tin , [total amount received from (Ms source to be ajually divided betnwn ■ tlons ' " and Moulhora Aseoeln* » I