MASTERTON PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2966, 2 August 1888, Page 2

MASTERTON PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.

The half-yearly meeting of tlio above Society was held on Wednesday evening in St. Matthew's Sclioolroom, there being a fair attendance of members. The Bev. W, E. I'aigo presided. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, the report and balance sheet was read as follows; ' ' In presenting tho first half yearly report and balance sheet of' tho Mas- ' terton Philharmonic Society for the year ended 81st July, 1888, your com-- • mittee havo pleasure in congratulating . the Society on its sound dition, although in other matters it , has not advanced as it should have done. The Society, now numbers fifty-six performing bers, of whom twenty-four are; ladies ; and thirty-two are gentlemen. '■■ There': are also nine subscribers—three ladies and six gentlemen, Your Committee ; ' have met for business, twelve' times during the past half year. During the < half year your committee found it necessary to alter tho practice night from Friday to Wednesday, an ajtera- ; "■■ tion which appears to work satisifao-' torily. They also in .the mouth of June obtained a reduction of the -rent' of tho practice room from 10s to 7s 6d per night, Two very, successful performances have been given by the Society during • the half-year, which . materially )'■ increased the funds.. The Society has now Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera "H.M.S.Pinafore" in active rehearsal, and hopes to be able to produce: it\2i : '' an early dato. The receipts durmv the half-year amounted to £63 8s and t the expenditure to M 5s sd! : < leaving a credit balance in the' Bank ■■<■ of U 2s Bd. The assets of the are valued at £9 17s lid, and ; thV-'-outstanding liabilities are''nil;! 1 ' : <S '■: ■ In conclusion, your desires to thank Mrs Paige m oat heartily forher services, asjianist the Society, and to express: its jhigfev.

Kprociation of th 6 services rondeved By Mr Keisonborg as conductor. ; The report was unanimously adopted. ; ; On the recommendation of tlio Spcretary, seconded by Mr Bunny, it was decided to amend rule 5 so as to read; " That the acceptance or non-accept-anco of members and subscribers Le decided by Committee and not be balloted for, as formerly." A ( ' volo of tbanks having been accorded to Mr Porritt, the enorgotic Seoretary to tlie Society, for bis services during the past half year the .meeting terminated.