WAIRARAPA CALEDONIAN SOCIETY

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10629, 7 May 1912, Page 3

WAIRARAPA CALEDONIAN SOCIETY

ANNUAL REPORT.

Following is the 3(>th nr.una] 1\.%. port of .the ;W<airarapa Oak tion iaii Society : It is with a feeling cf r/.".."'ilo:i:t!i)]o pride I enibmit to you the BGth animal report and. balance .licet, and

my fhank« are hereby tender ?d to my follow officers and Directors, .uu! to the indiividun'li mK-imibers. of lihe Society who have. so Toyal'ly assisted iai i blringiing five .Society up t« its. .present ' (satisfactory Ibasis. Tlic past year liae * bean .wim* of u)M .progre&s all .round, affil the' officers and Direct'ens. working • most 'lrtirmoiiM.u.sly .together with the one object of advancing the Society. ' The suggestion made last year thai evcrv member diOulcl endeavour to eeciw'e <a't feast cue new >mamib;:r has ' more liihan irc-a'lised our moat eangnine expectations and the siKmbcreiliip ]hiaß increased from 170 to 449 at tOw? end of the financial year. We are,- (however, istill 'unsatisfied, t.:- wo aire convinced that it is 'ciriy by com-, binatiou tilmt the 'bv-st rcr.-vJ'e cxi?) be j chained, and the larger the lr.'ciribtT- . ship the greater the .privileges, eo we j again l nsk imr in;b; rs to got busy and I • ► . . . . * 1 induce tOi.eir fi'.'cnds -to pm. The av-.i aSWrle privileges are guaranteed .aitover £2 for 'the annual subscription (fee of £l. j A;t- tOio annual meeting it-was decid- | ed tfliat all ..members' tickets be | ■iirasiafera'bte, jffli-us enabling country I members and who were unable/ personally .to avail themselves of the advantages offered t'he privilege cf lending cr giving their /tickets to fi'iends /thus acting as a complimentary ticket. I -regret to eay ail J members .are not sufficiently parifcxm- j 'Jot as to whom they transfer the tio \ ke-ts, and I propose to bring forward j the question, at tihe annual general 1 meefting on. -Saturday, lltih May, that J the Diircclt'oris hia ve the- rigliit to scraitfciriq'ise all tickets and if it is found that -any member iha-s not taken sufficient precautions to prevent any a'buse /of t'he .privilege lie :be dealt with 'Hinder r.ule 33. I regret to isee so many memlber'« i isubscriptions oiiit,s>t a.n d ing, a,nd in 'looking Over the list I fully realise that it is due uno'stly to thi:n:gliitle.ssiiess that ninny niemiber'S' put itihei.V aioocftmts iasid'e. and they are ultimately forgotten, consequently the secretary ( 'ha.si douflblo work .I'll collecting them. Tilie imemibeirship of flfee Society is now so Ki.rgo that the .(ilcricafl work alone devolving upon tlie .secretary c® immense, and it would vea'y materially j assist, ham if members would kwidly see that th'dir !snb.sci.ipti:ions are promptly (pa.id tio' date. A nuanber of subscn4pt'ioni© shown, on the balance she«t as out.standing ihave since been paid, 'but I -wouild again, upon members tli«it- itiie Society's, financial year now ejnds on itJic 31st Marcih, and sbonld 1 ibe. paid before that date. • Might I suggest, as a good rule, that affi members' isub&criptic.n.s be paid at the isports -on New Year'® Day; tlieiy would tlien not be liable to be forgotten.. '> Pipe ißand. lam pleased to to;port u. t. -.tlve Soraety's- Pipe ißaind i& ] njSav .established, fact.. Owing .to J tlie Loudo'n tsittaikeis, etc., the oontrac- ' •tors. ®ol- the Uiniforms were unable to snpply same iiin time ifqr tihe New Year's Day Sports, 'but we, 'obtained i delivery. ■of ifchem on- 'Monday, 19tli J Febrisbry, and the first public appearance of the QBand in full nnlform ■was iait tihe Masterton Siho.w on People's Day. The splendid playing acid 'Sniairt a-ppeairance) wf the lads was meet j favoUraibly eloramc-nted upon, and tlie Coananittefe -are lincleed fortunate in eecailriaig itihe eslm-cces cf isudi an able and cntiluisi-asttic 'Mkvjor a»s Mi* W. Pears'on, wlilo had fully demonsfcrait'ed that, ihe iriclily dcsoryc's the cbnfidenico J reposed in' hi.m. lie is (being a'bliv assisted iby Mr l ~\Y. iSnthcrland (Scirgeant), Mil-' D'. (I. Brown (Corporal), . and- Papers, Alf Pauling, .F. O'Connor, and others 1 , in .cc-adlrinig tlie rec.rui'G. j Tlie Comsnittee have ibeein credibly in- 1 j formed by "independent experts who j Ji(a.vfe> -watched ihhs Iprogrcas of' the Band, (tlnit in a very short time, jiidgiing !by'tli'e advancement, already made 'by the members, ftihat the Band slho'/'M /bold an enviaible. pcKticn amongst similar inetitaitions. Already t'he Bjand llias fallfilled one engagement,, viz., at tlie Kopuarangiii Sporty, .where ftiliey g:ave) every satisfaction. T'he Pipe .Band Co-mani'btee 'have allso -received application \for tlie free 'assistance of itflio .Band for' the Dr-uids' Lodge :benefit ooncert- at Carterton, in >aid cf Bro. ; W. A. .-Fisher, oil 2nd May, and the St. Jhhu Arm.builamce Brigade Amibukwic? Saturday, at Masterton on May 4th, and the t Liainsdownc l ) 'Ladies' Guild Sale of Wttrk on May 29it,h and 30Mi. Jn eacli instance, a» tilie. cases were fcr charitable and public purpose's, the applications llva.ve ibeein granted. Ingleside and Winter Evening Con-cai-ts.— Tlie expeimment of .ho'ldijig fortnightly -wi'nteir evening entertainments ihave proved meet-satiisfactory. Aftei< the (second concert it was found tiliait. Murray's Hall was totally viiiadnquatc, and your Directors were forced tk> ihirie tilie Town Hall. It is hojied tK> contiiinuio tliefse entertain men is during ho canning winter. The t'hiimks of the Society are due -to then various cton- ! trilbutoirs, wilio arc lieaiiv all amateurs, and who all gave illheir .service'; .free at I the eaJls «!f pure entliaiisiafi.ni and lovo of •niiiiisic.

Sports.— AVo- arc again For'tunatb in j hp'iing favoured •with a line day fo'r our j animal gflthe-rvng on Now Yea'r'is Day. ) No gathering of .tltc kind ooivld hav'o 'botitor orphan ised or carried out, »nd illici Dam-tons '.hcal'tifv irliank all j mncGrnctFfor tJie'ab'lo and 1 entlnisiastic manner in which their arduous I duties ware iperfo'rmed, and eoneratti- , lat.(\ tlliem on itflio •pjr'atjfying result. Trie J>rr'ec.tKirs esjiwatfly \\;bli ti> t>!iaiik tlve /in<?m!bcr« icf the Amaiteur At-hletit: 'Society .for tihe'i-r valuaible sasfiMamee and (support, and 'have decided to plajce several more amateur events on the .programme next year. Thanks to the generosity rf uMr John. He'ssey, Tvhfo donated a Ihandscmio challenge

shield valued nt 40 guineas for competition annua-Ey at itlhe Society's IS T ew Year's Day gathering, together •wittJi tliie valuable additional cash prizes offered, 'Maistcrto'n lias becomo the dhief <entro Per ikst aid cojnpetitAniis iin Now Zealand. Six entries wt're rectt'ved last year, the l\vtone Uva-iu winning, Napier second. iAdiready enquiinefi. have been received from •Ohnistdmrcli and other tVatires, and it is expected tilia't; large entries will be received this year 1 for tliicfj,.useful! 1 and c<lnc;irt:'<jkh 1 conroetitlons. Concert.— '1 lie progra mnie piMpan'ed for the concert im the evening provided an civtirtaiimmnto tha<b I •com'bwied a dc-lEghtful variety wirh n- lyiglh dgree of ex.i-.clknee, and great ■drediit i® due to Messrs W. .Sc-]!ar and ]<\ J. tHmnn, who organised and carried out ithfe same, a'nd they 'were deservedly c'ongiratiuluitetl on all ijyides on tlie pronounced success of what is now ati'iiuiidly fcbkc-d upon as> the 'concert I of Itiliie yeeiir. Tine Directors decided J tih at 'the total proceeds from tihe cert should he voted to Mr Robert Oaime-Am ais ipa.rt paym-cni of the lean of £l5O advanced ! by.;h,i ; m for vlie •purpose iC'f buy wig the p.:s>es for the Band. In connection witlh the bii)!ia.;ico du&t, i would li-ko to point out that , in IS>ll the Society paid out in prizes and itirophieis £l5B lo.s 6cl, amd for the' period undter' review £224 9s 6d, being an .increase in cash of £65 14s. The Society ateo increased its fixed deposit by £SO piit ai!m p,and off the sum of, £SO on the Pipe Band account, and fllliiJhcugh the entrance ifbes exceeded (fehe lalsi year's Jby something like £2O the Society in, addition to its enhanced asset® over liabilities shows a credit of a-cfoual caefli paid o"uifc of £145 14s.' You will- be called- upon at the annual' gcncrall meeting, in compliance j witili the Society's a-ules, to elect a r President, two V.ice-l're,side ; n.ts ) Trea- j surer and fifteen Diirectprs. Nomina- . tiiotos- for these positions closed on Tliursday, 2fiit<h A.prifL, it Hie following gentlemen .being nominated, viz.— President, Ja:s. 11. J'aiulhig; VicePresidents, J. Georgoson, T. G. H'oaT; Treasurer, >G. R. Sykes, M.P.; Directors, <Rdbt>. Cameron, lE. JB. Oia;mibei<lain, 10. Hans maim, ■ P. C. Jotrgewson, <M. Lavery, J. .B. GVleKenzie,. R f oht. 'McKeime, D. ■-MoLac?hlan, Afe.''MeCeod, Jas. W. M<®ae, W. SeHar, C. I/. Starkj E.' H. Wtaddingtbn, W. J. jimd. T. Wyetli. As only tte Vequ'u'ed number Jhave beem nominated for each office no election wiill be-'necessary, and the alwiveigeii-' it'leom-en will be idn'lfy elected at the annual meeting to be held on Saturday, 1-1 tii May. Jn consideration- of their pai&'t long and valuable services, as Directors and former Presidents of ffche Society, Me sects A Jl-ex." Turner and Geo. MdFlattie have been electedii'on. Oifei Directors.,

During itfe year .tie Bsrectom hare flu-lid 13 meetings, the nitkm'claiiCcS beins as follows: A. MuLfod 12, J. B. Mrfvenzie 12, J. 'H. Ftvjling 11, T. Wyth 11, E. E. dmrotckiin .11, T. G-. Hoar 10,, ft. Oaraeita 9, R.. W. Robsott 9, G. Rl Sykes 8, Robert MoKenzie 8, D. Mciac'hian 8, E. H. W&dfcßagtcn 8, 6. G. MdHatti,?. -3, W. Sdk.r 5, R. Gray 3. Messrs 1\ Jongensen"7, and J. W. Meßae 5, were appointed on 28tih August, 1911; race iMte'sgrs JV-hu. McHat'itiio and Gordon Stowa.pt, resigned. As the annual meteting of members is' the proper time fbt* •every' m-sttiiber wrho'flws the interests., of the Society at heart to hiring tforwiaird for "discussion any suggestion or idea which may b& 'of service or .benefit fesr the whole, 1 'should be'pa.rticiila,rly pleased to. sec as many members as pctribl'o- intend .thJO aimual., meeting on SatlW'day. tho 11th May, 1912, at 2.30 p.m., in the Dominion. Hall, Academy Buildings'. In ifliank ••toy feiow Di'i'c'ftors and officer.? for the valuable supponf: and assistance so Ooya'll'y rcndeited to me en behaltf of rljb.Q- -Society .during the past year, wihixl'i Im& made inv term of office a Very pleasant memory, "and" J feel-' I'cr.iiiin ■ .llhat' my successor,-''' Mif Ja,s. H. ••Pauvli'ivg, will receive the same timidly treatment, and with the energy and euthaitsrasm that he aindoiiMcdly possesses, together with his. greait expo nenee «i, Caledonian mutters, that the Sooilety w>:i3l very shortly become .the. premier institution uf its kind in fthk' -Dominion. • "Yburs in every filling tihat tends for, the best limtcresta of th'- 1 Soe-iey,— ALEX Ak'LEOD, 1 President.