CANTERBURY ROWING CLUB.

Press, Volume XXX, Issue 4096, 12 September 1878, Page 3

CANTERBURY ROWING CLUB.

The annual general meeting of the Canterbury Rowing Club was held last night at Radcliffe's Hotel. Mr J. L. Jones occupied the chair.

Tbe secretory read the minutes of the last general meeting. There were about forty members present. the minutes, the Chairman stated that according to the rules of the club,,. it would, be necessary to read the "minutes of the annual meeting, which was called for,last Friday,' and which, owing-, to the absence of many of the members in Dunedin, had been adjoiirned until this evening. This was accordingly done, and confirmed. ! The secretary then read the annual report ■ofithe : cbmmittee,aa follows:^- 5 — ; ; *"'■' ; Your committee, in submitting the eighteenth i annual report, with treasurer's statement of' receipts and expenditure, have much pleasure in \ again congratulating the club On it's prosperity. The number of members on the rollis now, including honorary, members, 153, against 139 of last year:' the number of new members elected during the season being 35. ~...,' The new boats ordered from Salter arrived during the season. They were a four-oar out-! rigged racing boat, a four-oar in-rigged racing boatj and two pair-oar stump out-rigged boats ; [ the four-oar Btump out-rigged boat imported by the Telegraph Club', and sister boat to the Tyne (already in possession of the club), was! purchased at the end of the season. Your committee have to report that in.March last they capitalised the s_a.es in the JPerma-; neat Loan -and Investment Association,yto which the club has been subscribing. The sub-; scriptions to that date produced nineteen paid-up shares of .£lO each, ten of which were sold, and proceeds used as part payment of a loan from Mr Thomas Douglas, which loan had been obtained to pay off mortgage to Mr Watson in January. ; ' Your committee have much pleasure in reporting that the usual club races were well supported by the members, and the entries and racing equal to those of any preceding season. As regarJs local regattas, the club has. been '■. represented at both Lyttelton and Kaiapoi. At the former your representatives won the only race they enteredfor, viz., the double sculls; at! the latter the'two four oar sweepstake races were won by the club crews. A crew was sent to the Interprovincial Regatta at Wanganui, but was unsuccessful. "1 he following is a list showing the chief races and names of the winning crews:— _ Senior Pairs—Mr Thomas' prizes: L. M. Ollivisr, A. C. Lean. Junior Pairs —Mr Blikiston's prizes : R. B. Smith, T. Basket. ''"''. , „ Junior Fours—Mr Revans' prizes: J. «- Lwianae, A. C. Nottinghain, E. M. Boulton, C. Newton. Senior Sculling Race—J. R- Lanauze. Junior Sculiing Race—J. Grierson. Maiden; Fours—E, A. Pavitt, J. :R. Evans, A. R. Pavitt. R. J. Paul, - - _. . Maiden Pairs—T- Tayler, J. J^Coßins, Maiden Double Sculls—J.E. Brewster,Geo. Lyttelton Regatta: Double Sculls—J. R. Lanauze, P. H. Duncan. _ - Kaiapoi Regatta: Swcep=t_to Raw, No. 1--A. A, Fooks, A. G, Lean. -»• B. Smith, G. E. W K__apoi Regatta: SweepsbAeßace. N0,2S. A. Pavitt, T. Tayler, A. B. Pavitt, J. E. B Yo*w~inmittee have to add that the maiden races, which were first iostitafcri doling the nnt season, have beenwdl reoaved and snpijorted by the members, and they trust the -nnnort may be continued. . ... $Mr have to report that the sh«i, boats and plant are in good condition, and welllooked after by your cust-diaß, Mr Bees, and they would Mam recommend that _ bonus of _>10 10s be given him __ a _jarlc of yonr appreciation of his atteation-to the club property. The following is a list of boats, Ac.. belonging to the olub;— 1 six-oar, 6 four-oar. 7 pair-oar, 3 Dleasujre bo-t,, 1 wager boat, 3 whiff*-118 oars, Snails, and a supply of mats, cushions. ,*cThe above boats are capable of seating eighty ijnwnherg, and are "wsowd for £685. X.. •. X...

The statement of receipts and expenditure for the season 1877-8 showed the former to amount to £825 6s sd, which was balanced by the expenditure.

The assets were as follows :— Asset*—Nine shares Permanent Loan and Invegtment Association, £90; jerseys, ten at 10i 6d, £5 5s ; estimated value of club property, £900—total, £995 ss. LiabilitiesDouglas, loan and interest to January, 1878, £117 19s; Telegraph Club for Electric, £40; overdraft at Bank, £49 2s 7d—total, £207 Is 7d.

On the motien of Mr Saltmarsh, seconded by Mr A. B. Pavitt, the report and balancesheet were adopted. The election of officers wras then proceeded with, and resulted as follows:—President, Mr R. J. S. Harman ; first and second president, Messrs A. F. N. Blakiston and G. L. Mellish, re-elected; captain, Mr J. L. Jones ; deputy captain, Mr L. M. Ollivier; secretary, Mr E. J. Paul; treasurer, Mr Brewster ; the old committee, consisting of Messrs B. C. Monnier, S. S. Revans, R. D. Thomas, J. R. Evans, A. E. Pavitt, Thos. Taylor, and E. Denham.

The following new members were elected— Messrs H. 8. Smith, J. Ballantyne, G. Oallender, R. A. Joseph, R. S. Sharp, F. M Davey, A. B. Paul, D. Suter, D. C. Turner, J. E. Wright, E. Winter, — Nixon, T. Dawson, C. B. Dobson, T. Sutcliffe, H. Goodwin, G. 8. Field, F. T. Morgan, G. C. Lanauze, and O. Mann.

Messrs G. Mellish and J. L. Jones were elected delegates to the United Canterbury Boating Club. It was resolved that a bonus of £10 10s should be given to the custodian (Mr Rees) in appreciation of his services.

Mr Bull proposed that a vote ef thanks should be given to the late hon. treasurer (Mr Trevor Grierson) for his past services, and that a copy of the resolution should be forwarded to him.

Mr Lake seconded the motion, which was agreed to. ■'■'

The following members were elected as a special committee to fix upon a site for a olub shed, the price of it, and the best method of raising the necessary funds for the purchase, &c, to report at a subsequent meeting of the olub—Messrs J. L. Jones, B. G. Mourner, R. J. 8. Harmon, R. D. Thomas, and Revans.

| [Mr Little suggested the removal of certain trees that overhang parts of the river, whioh impeded the rowing, and cansed other inconveniences, which were inimical to the interests of the club. He would move the following resolution—" That with a view of getting removed the branches of the trees which overhang the river in the narrowest plaoes, the committee be respectfully requested to wait upon the Road Board, and urge thst this important work be done." Mr Bull remarked that with regard to the future ordering of boatß he would point out the desirability Of providing boats suitable for pleasure parties, in which members could take their friende, as, up to the present, most of the boats owned by the club were only adapted for racing purposes. The Chairman corrected Mr Bull, and thought he must be labouring under some misapprehension, as the club owned nine pleasure boats, and really only four that could be considered racing boats. - The matter then dropped. The Chairman, in closing the meeting, thanked' them for the honour they had paid him in re-electing him as captain. He had a few remarks to say about the uniform, and would point out that the uniform of the club was neat and appropriate, and he thougnt that men who habitually rowed ought not to appear in other colors than those of the club. The cost of the uniform was not great, and he thought all.rowing members should procure it. After a few other remarks on points of minor interest to the club, the meeting broke up with a vote of thanks to the chairman.