CLUTHA CALEDONIAN SOCIETY.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXVI, Issue 46, 19 November 1909, Page 3

CLUTHA CALEDONIAN SOCIETY.

ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the above gocicty was held in the Borough jjambers on Tuesday evening. The. president, Mr J. W. Mitchell, was in |ie chair, and fully a score of members were present. Balance Sheet. The secretary read the balance-sheet. He total receipts, including a credit 1 £ £2l 18/5 to begin with, amounted lo £92 9/2. The chief items were—* E»te £3O ,10/, entries £l2 12/6, 14 ambers at 10/ (£7), 39 at 5/ (9 |5/), fruit stall £1 10/. The total ooccrt receipts were £6 0/6. The jipenditure for the year was £7l 2/5, Bid the credit balance was £2l 7/.

le largest items of expenditure were JJand £5 5/, advertising and printBg £5 16/6, prizes £39 16/, registraion fte £2 5/, concert expenses (H. 101 l £3 10/, hall £2), £5 10/. The President said that the balancejieet showed that the secretary had aade a success of the year's work. It (as even more successful than the levious year, when there was about EIS from the concert, whereas on the oncei't last year ' there was a loss. It would like to see the annual neeting held earlier than this. Howirer, the balance-sheet was> veryi

reditable. The secretary explained that the Ketinsr would have been called ear«r but for the fact that some of the loney was late in coming in.

rMrHo2£r moved that the balancesheet be adopted.—Seconded by Mr [McNeil, and carried. | Defaulters.

The secretary reported that four competitors hail failed to pay _ their fees last year.—On the motion of Messrs Anderson and Hogg, it was decided to "post" their names with Jhe Athletic Union. E!ection of Office-bearers. Mr Bragg proposed the re-election o! Mr J. W. Mitchell as president. Seconded by Messrs Hogg and W. fright simultaneously.—Mr Mitchell aid he did not object, but he thought lomeone else should take a turn.— Mr T. Sinclair was proposed, but detlined saying Mr Mitchell was the right man in the right place.—The feeling being unanimously in Mr Mitchell's favour, he was elected by acdamation.

The follow I.". s - were elected vicepresidents :—Messrs A. E. Bragg, T. Sinclair, T. Redding, J. Ritchie, W. Marshall, J. E. Thompson, W. Guest, D. Munro, M. Summers, V. C. Ingram, G. H. Waymouth, D. T. Fleming, .Simon Wright, J. Begg, jun., H. Gnnthorp, Thos. Telford, Jas. Thom»n, and Dr Stenhouse. Treasurer, Mr Simon Wright (re-elected) ; secretary, Mr G. W. Wood (re-elected).

j Starter, Mr J. S. Algic. Handijcappers (general) : Messrs A. Bain, R. iB. Lattimore, A. E. Bragg. Chop[j>ng and Sawing.—Handicappers and Judges : Messrs W. Hay, H. McKechnie, Thos. Latta, Arthur Thomas; Jtarter, Air J. P. Anderson ; timekeepers : Messrs W. Stewart and P. Cleut. Judges. Running : Messrs '}• P. Anderson, R. B. Lattimore, A. E, Bragg, and A. McNeil; jumping and putting, etc. : Messrs R. Murray, Bedding, an d R. C. Wilson ; wrestling: Messrs 11. Hogg, A. Bain, J no. Far* yliar; bag-pipe music : Messrs J. Cow, and A. Wood ; dancing : Messrs B. Murray, J. Naughtie, L. Campbell. Ground Stewards—Messrs J. P. Anderson, J. Chirnside, W. Wright, M. Hansen, S. Wright, H. H. Clarke, W. Marshall, H. Hogg, A. Thomas, A. Bain, R. B. Lattimore, C. O'Hara, T. Sinclair, L. Stewart, A. E. Bragg, B. King, D. Munro, T. Redding, R. C. Wilson, M. Summers, R. Murray, 1 McNeil, Jas. Wyber, Jno. G. Pattoon.

i General. ■lt was decided that the president wd treasurer sign all cheques. j The President said he would like to [*e a meeting called " soon after the i>Ports to see how the finances stood. [were was still some debentures to Ity off, and a meeting should be , eld to deal with these.

:Mr Anderson proposed that the •ecretary call a meeting, say, in a"°ut a month after the sports.—Seconded by Mr Bain, and carried. The Secretary said that Messrs J. F *- Thompson, G. H. Waymouth, and :'• W. Mitchell had cancelled their debentures of £1 each in favour of the • Society, and that Mr Ingram had donated 5/- of the one held by him. The secretary was voted £4 4/ for [m services during the past year. I Sports on Boxing Day.

Mr Anderson proposed that the |*Ports be held on Boxing Day, as |*ual, which would be on Monday, wcember 27th this year,—Seconded by *t Sinclair, and carried, • Concert. '■lt was decided to hold a concert: *Bd dance on the night of the sports, *nd the following committee were ap•Pointed:—Messrs Simon Wright, C. MT. Sinclair, H. Ktog, A. E.