CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC HALL.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1239, 8 June 1880, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC HALL.

The annual public meeting of the Public Hall subscribers was'held on Friday o\ ening hist; Mr Heaney in the chair. The following report and balance-sheet were read, bithof which were adopted, with much approval by the meeting :-- Repoit foi }i\u ending 31st M,i\, iSBo. Tin' insl item winch pict nlod ltu-llto join committee on c omtnencenuMt of Hun dulii's'w.is a dt bt oi i |s cd 1101111 10111 l,i t )i ii, and the\ aic li ip;iv to t< poll th il the u .nil ol then opeialions loi the jc.ii uhuh is past is .i ieduction of the imount owing to the b ink bymoie than £50. lheie\omu 110111 unt has bei 11 £10 1, md the incidental expense-. f</i the >c ir £$u odd, as shown on the bal mce-slu'ct. Diiiint; the \i 11 .1 set of footlights li i\e been purchased foi tlie si ige, <md twenty row seats have been added to the numbci piewouslj on hand, ihe hall has been kept 111 repair, lamps, &c, pin chased in place of those accidentally broken, and the committee hi\e re ison to believe the prupony is in as good, or bcttei, oulei than they tound il. llic th.mks ot the puolic aie due to the members ot the Cambridge Amatcui Dramatic Society foi then kindness in giving <an entertamment 111 Julj last, which resulted in ajuofit to the hall's, fund*, ot o\ei £i], besides procuring statje sccnei) and diop curt 1111, which .110 ot great sei \ ice Your committee would have been glad to li.nc djhveicct up their trust with the hall neath and pertn.tncntly fenced, but the beau it}'ot mom v .iiid neccwity which CYisted for 1 eduction ot the bank ovcrdiaft pic\uuto4 fhey hope, ho win ci, that their successois in office will K o m a position toperfoim this most deaiiable work, ana also to line the building. W. L. C. Wiliivms, Chairman.

It will be clearly seen that great efforts have been made during the last jear to clear the hall from its liabilities, and should the new committee be rewarded with the same success the hall will stand well nigh unburdened of its debt at the end of the present financial year. Captain Runciman, Lieutenant Fisher, Messrs Brooks, Houghton, Thompson, Camp, Pearoon, Wiliams, and Keesing were elected the new committee. A vote of thanks to the retiring officers and Chairman ot present meeting was unanimously carried, when the above gentlemen went into committee. Mr Williams was re-elected chairman, and Mr Brooks and Mr Camp also re-elected treasurer and secretary respectively. Some discussion arose as to the practicability of lowering the rates of the hall, but ultimately it was decided that it could not be judiciously done. It was also proposed and carried— " That the Secretary receive 5 per cent, of the gross rental as a slight remuneration of various small incidental expenses and time silent."

RI CllPlb. £ s. d. To ientrecched io^ o o Proceeds of concert (July, 1879).. 24 16 6 School committee for cleaning „ o 15 o Balance, benitf overdralt.it Bank of New Zealand 81 17 11 £211 9 5 E\I'LNDUURE. £ s. d. By b.ilace from last year . . . 13 1. 14 2 Amount paid tor cleaning and attendance £27 12 6 Keiosenc, lamps, &.c . 12 7 7 K.eo.nrb . . . 210 o Bank inteiest 10 7 8 SundiiL's— Ad\ei Using, &c. o 13 6 £53 " 3 Cost of new scats . . 8 10 o Expenses of concert . . . . . 11 14 o Inbiuance on £400 . 300 £^u 9 5 Audited and found conect. 4th June, 1880.

]>alance-bhoct, 31st May, ißtfo.