STATE OF CLUB ROOMS

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21484, 28 May 1935, Page 7

STATE OF CLUB ROOMS

RKTUKNED SOLDIERS CONCERNED \;xL'ilYE PROVIDES FOK Ul NOVATIONS

j/,unV.i thai the premises of the i • ,_r:::d Soldiers' Association were ... :. .ricus state of disrepair, drab, i • • ~<:;tortab!e, attd in come places not •.■■jihcrproof. were made at a meet- . .-, ■ ?. the executive of the association ,-venim; and, after a long discusi! was deckled to set aside £8 . .■. v month, to be subsidised, for the i :: v itiori of tht> building. ;. m O Priddis presided, and there -•--• also present: The Rev. F. T. ;. -.,<!, Ur. F. T. Uirkinshaw, Messrs A. .'. Vlr-wton, T. L. Diummond, R. H. • . "i.-t-K, J. S. Chisholm, A. L. Emer- - W. H. Darby, and C. Chisnall. .iv Uruirimand moved that £ls be r i a sitte «y«cy month for renovation i the club's premises. He contended *.j ,; v.iq club joom3 were in a serious • »•!■ at disrepair and were drab and ■:,-, mfcrtable. A great deal could be II,; by the expenditure of a small .■■•v.ii' of money each month on reno- •, ..i.ons. The labour required could i- subsidised, probably £1 for £l. •l-■■:<• executive owed this to regular i i- of the club rooms. The; motion was seconded by Mr J.i-j-vt-.on. Leakage In Root '■■'r Darbv said that there was a ;■ ika;'e in the roof which before long '. i;hi cost many pounds to repair. i:.- chairman described the copdi- - ~ : j the furniture of the premises i <h --"aceful. Subscriptions each year i -.j'ht m £IOOO and £1275 was spent «.:: administration. The whole of the • .') '•iiptions and more was eaten up Jr. ti'.i.- administration. ': i:c motion was carried. •n ymendment. moved by Mr Read, f;..i the matter be referred to the ~.,. .: committee, was defeated. Mr Mewlon gave notice of motion '■ >'. a percentage of the turnover, • ;-■.••. horn salaries, bo made a charge • .-:r., i the No. 2 account for admins. '•:,<> .;•» purposes. Employment Report i employment officer's report r -i■•,.< that there had been 508 rcgis- !• ..in.i.s during the fortnight ended .'.!, , .'.'>. Work for 105 men for 292 «.■, ::;*d been subsidised at a cost «■: ' -:',:: -J.; 9d, while 54 days' work v .;.-. :-iij.sidy had been found. i' ~-i; ((.-ported that 75 sheep and 1.. iirr-iba'had been sent by the "■'•'.:. ■. Committee for distribution to i •. .M'f/i: returned soldiers. .: ■ i !.•;•<.-tary <Mr E. F. Wilcox) rei /. <: '.i; it relumed soldiers at Rakaia ' ■■ ;::•:■,:rn; for the formation of a ui their district. There • ..u'. 70 returned men there.