Y.M.C.A. CHANGE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1191, 28 July 1911, Page 5

Y.M.C.A. CHANGE.

MR, H. N. HOLMES RESIGNS. Iho news of tho retirement of Mr. H is. Holmes ironi the secretaryship of tho Wellington joimg Men's Christian Association will be heard with general regret m H,l d i' Uon i. • P olules intimated to the directors his wish to retire from he position but on that occasion the board decidcd that the.v wero unable to accept or deal with the resignation at the time, and the matter was hung up for a th h hat , tnno has since elansod, and tho board, at a recent meeting, passed tho following resolution:— "That the resignation of tho general .Mr. H. N. Holmes, bS received with great regret, and thataminute be propounded that will suitabfv acknowledge the esteem tho board has . for lus character and its admiration and gratitude for his self-sacrificing work during his years of office." Mr. Holmes came to Wellington from Addaide some eight years ago, and from If Hi V i°°£ °t the affairs of the \ .M.C.A. ho infused a vitality into the movement which it had never hid ben rC A bJkI h p' V company with Mr. u. A. inidgc, of Montreal, organised a campaign to raise funds for tho erection of a building in Wellington, and the re" suit of that campaign was the realisine of a sum of .£lO 000 in twenty-one days Mrs. 11. A. Williams presented a vaiu- ? ;!p,. am L CCT ral soetio » of l»ncl in Upper \\ lllis Street, and the money wns exnended on the erection of the substantia' J- 1 V' hl , cll is UIP > ,ome of the i .M.C.A. to-day. In Christian and antiliquor endeavour he has played a prominent part, am! has boon identified for years past with many forms of nthletics Chiefly soccer football and hockey, of whlclv lie is o. capable exponent, "it is Mr. Holmes's intention to leave Wellineton early in October, and, after a two months' rest amongst his friends and relatives in Adelaide, to proceed to America and Canada.