PAPANUI MEMORIAL HALL.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20214, 17 April 1931, Page 8

PAPANUI MEMORIAL HALL.

RESIDENTS* ANNUAL MEETING. The anhual meeting of residents of the. Papantii . Memorial Hall Joan rating area waf held last evening. - Mr Er H. Andrews was voted to the chair. - . The annual report stated that - tho past year had - been one of the leaneot sinoe the hall came under the control ofa puhlio oom ; mittea. Owing to the decreased rentals the committee was unable to meet the rate de:mand by £25. Thia deficit wea borne by "the 'City uj3:-:WaiihMizi-:'Oi>uiMils--in the-pro-i portion o£ - three-fifths and two-fifths resjwo. ; I tiveiy.' fThe report made an earnest appeal, for from- the publio to make thft 'hall, self-supporting. - The,, report wae' adopted, with the except tion of one clause, which was referred to tho incoming oommittee. Mr T. Butterfield (ohe of tho City Coun- ■ cil representatives) said .that_ its.fleemed_v.». pity to . sj>end<22oo on repairing the flat rooi, as suggested in the. report, > when by 'bringing the roof-forward another room, could' ■he provided, vfhioh would bring "in extra, revenue. . Mr Rickerby considered it foolish to spend 'any- money on the hall. The hall 'never any good, ho said, and never -would SO. TK'ete were other- parts of the hall ins *taU. . ; Mr Boyce suggested that a proper «sti-_ ; mate of the cost of the work should bo obtained. • . ' ' ' , ' ■ '.Mr J. Sturrock, chairmaA of the Hall. Committee, said that in regard to the rates be had recently- made -investigations 'as to, the bejrt methods -to pbtala relief. The local members of" Parliament bad. been approached «>>d it'was thought: that thm would be no difficulty in getting legislatim pasged ex-, emptisK, the hall from rates. . The balance-sheet flhowed -a <nredit of £25.; A ballot for .the oommittee resulted as fol% lows: Messrs K< Ricke'rby ( (chairman),• A. >Synie" (secretary)' T. Wood •(treasurer), J. .Sturrock, G. Radford, and A. E. Purse. -