WAIPA RACING CLUB.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 153, 30 June 1934, Page 18

WAIPA RACING CLUB.

STIPENDIARY REPORT

A meeting of the committee of the Waipa Racing Club was h\ld on Thursday, Mr. J. T. Young presiding. Tlie Under-Secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs forwarded a form for use in applying for a refund under section 20 of the Finance Act, 1931, in respect to the club's meeting on June 16. He pointed out that the-maximum on which a refund might be granted to a club in a racing year was .£20,000, and that the Waipa Club had already received a refund on £14,217 10/. The secretary' of the ' Racing Conference forwarded the following extract from an' otherwise • favourable report by the stipendiary steward: "The one mile and a quarter start- is just on the home turn, and in my. ■ opinion would be better if •it wa£\ shifted back about 100 yds. This matter I mentioned to the committee, members Tiave decided to go- into 'tlie matter." The balance-elieet regarding the recent 'race meeting showed a profit of slightly over £200, oil a total expenditure of £1545. . The secretary's action in writing to the Racing Conference secretary in applying, for permits to hold two totalisator days racing for the coming term was approved. , Mii 'E. ;Montgomery offered to donate another' trophy for the chief event at next race •, meeting. The Te,.'Awamutu Golf Club, which body holds a tenancy of the racecourse for golf asked permission to hold the King Country championships this season on the local link 9. The dates desired were Friday, August 10, and following 'day 6. The' .application was granted.; .. , ; - -- The-., following -new members were elected: Messrs. W. Hi Piercey (Pualiue), C. A. Maxwell; P.. M. Harkness, E. Pirrit (Hamilton), E..'Montgomery, A. E. Wilson. -. i \