TARANAKI PLUMPTON COURSING CLUB.
ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Tarar.ak: Phimpton Coursing Club was held at the ltoyal Hotel, New Plymouth, (he president (Mr. W. Emeny) presiding uver a fair attendance ox members. BALANCE-SHEET. Tlie balance-sheet showed that receipts for (he year had amounted to £l3O 3s 2d, the principal items being members' tickets £l2, donations £1 ts, S?.te receipts £l7 10s, programmes sold and advertisements £3 14s Bd. noinin.itiens and acceptances £S7 ss. Expenditure amounted to £l3", 18s. the principal items being stakes £(!,> Ss (id, cartajre .60 3s 4d, judge Cn. ear hire £lt' Is, hares £l4 o,s (id, advertising £l4 His 3d. There was now a balance in the bank of £4 J.'.s sd. The balancesheet was adopted without discussion. THE WATERLOO CUP. A letter was received from the socretarv of tlie New Zealand Coursing; Association asking for progress report and date required for the Waterloo. Mr. Gardner ec.ns'dered the ('lib shculd abandon the idea of holding the Waterloo here. A number of their best workers had already gone to the front, and more would probably leave before (lie Waterloo could be held. ' Moreover, lie considered that under the ciixumstances they would liave difficulty in financing tlie Waterloo, as £2OO would be required, £IOO of which would have to be guaranteed. Wanganui might possibly be prepared to run the Waterloo, though he thought probably there would be no Waterloo this year. There woidd bo difficulty in getting the necessary nominal ions, as most ef the men who followed the sport were younc fellows who had enlisted. Hamilton, which h'ul (lie Waterloo last year, lost £lo. He tl ought Taranaki could easily run some smaller stakes.
The president ar.d (lie secretary (Mr. J Jenkinson) .'poke in a similar strain.
On the. motion of Mr. finrdner, seconded by Mr. G. Tippins, it was resolved to write cancelling the Waterloo Tiie meeting was tlien adjourned until Wednesday, February 7, when coin-try members will be present.
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 January 1917, Page 8
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