PRESIDENT RESIGNS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 27, 2 February 1932, Page 12

PRESIDENT RESIGNS.

THE AUCKLAND RACING CLUB

ACCEPTED WITH GREAT RELUCTANCE.

Sir Edwin j\J>:chelson, president or the Auckland liacing Club, recently tendered Ills resignation, and it was considered at a speeiul meeting of the committee, held yesterday afternoon. The committee decided to accept the resignation and to appoint Mr. H. o. Nolan as president and iVlr. O. Nicholson as vice-president. Jhe committee carried the following resolution: "Sir Edwin Mitehelson, having tendered his resignation as i)resident of the club, owing to Jiis advanced age and to jus anxiety to be freed from the increasing worries connected with the position, it was resolved with great reluctance and regret to accept the same. In so doing the committee feel that it would be extremely sellish 011 their part to endeavour to persuade Sir Edwin to alter his decision and to deny to him that rest from the cares of ollice which he desires and so deservedly merits. They realise that after! more than 40 years' continuous service in official positions in the club it must have occasioned Sir Edwin considerable regret to feel constrained to sever his official connection with the club. They recognise aiiil now place on record their keen appreciation of the eminent services he has rendered to the club and the zeal he has at j all times displayed in promoting and conserving its best interests. The present prosperous position of the club is due in their opinion in no small measure to the tact, wisdom and foresight he has displayed in the control and direction of its affairs over so many years. The members of the club have already expressed in a tangible form their gratitude to him for his outstanding services by erecting a statue of him in a prominent position in the Ellerslie racecourse (a park made beautiful by his activities and thought for the public), thereby keeping the memory of his association with the club's activities alive, not only with those now living, but also with all future generations. The committee feel, therefore, that nothing further is left to them but to express their grateful appreciation of his long years of unselfish service on behalf of the club, and to convey to him their assurances that they arc proud to have been so pleasantly associated with him in the past, and that he is relinquishing office holding their highest esteem and affection. They trust that he will he long spared to enjoy the rest which he desires and merits, free and untrammelled from the exacting cares of office."