LITTLE THEATRE SUCCESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 74, 28 March 1930, Page 8

LITTLE THEATRE SUCCESS.

CASH BALANCE INCREASES.

Although ' most forme of amateur theatrical enterprise have declined during the past year, the Little Theatre Society continues to flourish, and. ite revenue has increased. A balance-sheet presented! at the annual meeting last evening showed that the society's net balance,' in the form of cash in the bank; was £523.

• Mr. L. P. Leary, the president, in moving the adoption of the annual report and balance-sheet, said the accumulated fund when the year began was £370, and a net return of £185 had been secured from four productions held during the year. A sum of .£3OO 'had .been raised at a special performance in aid of the- earthquake fund,,-and this'had been sent to the relief committee.

Special reference was made 'by Mr. Leary to the valuable work of the producer and.. secretary, and, he said tlie ■seciety. received much assistance from a large number of voluntary workers. ,• , : .. ;

~ Office-bearers were elected as; follows: Patron, Sir George Fowlds; vice-prcsl , - dents, Professor E. M. Algie, Canon Arc Mall, Mr.' F. C. A. M. Ferguson, Mr. Henry Hay ward, and 'Dr. C. E. Maguire; committee, Messrs. F. L. Armitage, W. J. Crowther, D. L. Nathan, B. Brittain, J. Lowe,;A. F. Goodwin, ■E. S. Kohn, LV P." Leary, J. Stewart, F. E. McCallum, A. E. Mulgaii, and. 11. A. Lippincott; auditor, Mr.; E. D. Wilkinson.