ORPHANS' ANNUAL MEETING.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 96, 24 April 1922, Page 11

ORPHANS' ANNUAL MEETING.

TROF. MAXWELL WALKER .ELECTED PRESIDENT. I The thirtieth annual meeting of the Auckland Orphans' Club was held in the Scots Hall, Svmonds Street, on Snturda.v night. The retiring president. Mr. W. A. Beddoe, was iv the chair, and there was a good attendance of members. The election of ■ officers lor the ensuing year resulted: Patron His Excellency the Governorrjenera'l. Lord Jellicoe: president. Professor Maxwell Walker; vice-presidents, Messrs. T. U. Wells. Jas. Druuimond, Wm. Wallace, G.eo. Fowlds, H. S. Dettmann, Hugh : - H. Mackenzie. W. J. Xapier and J. B. Johnston; secretary, Mr. Jas. D. Crawford; i treasurer. 'Mr. H. 1 B. Harper; committee,.- - Messrs. E. Winthrop. J. Lovett, J. P. Howden, D. Mclnnes, Jas. Robinson and W. I Peggs; auditors, Messrs. J. A. Gentles and 5 W. T. Brown: conductor of orchestra, Mr. 5 Geo. F. Cater; pianists, Messrs. Cyril jfl Towsey, Wm. Dingle and Len. Elliott. | The new president received an ovation from tbe large gathering on being installed ' into tbe chair by Mr. Beddoe, and suitably acknowledged the honour conferred upon

It was announced that the session would open on Saturday, May 6, the Scots- 'Hall, with accommodation for nine hundred persons, having been secured lor tbe club's fortnightly gatherings. Of recent years the cinb had suffered from overcrowding, and the membership lad to be limited, and visitors' privileges curtailed. The conductor of the orchestra, Mr. Geo. Oater, foreshadowed the formation of an Orphans'. Cinb choir.

The report stated that the membership was 477. and the 1021 session had been very enjoyable. The concert given hy the Orphans' orchestra realised __0 for the Auckland Hospital Radium Fund, and the orchestral annual concert at the Blind Institute was much appreciated. Tbe president and committee of the Worklngmen's Club were thanked for the use of chairs at the Orphans' gatherings.