MEMORIAL CARILLON

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 72, 26 March 1931, Page 11

MEMORIAL CARILLON

FUTUEE OF SOCIETY.

ANNUAL MEETING

It was reported at the annual meeting of the Carillon Society last evening that after meeting all liabilities oa account of the bells there would be a balance of approximately £200. '

The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet, said it was a time at which they could express gratification at the approaching fruition of their efforts. With the completion of the Campanile in October the Grand Carillon would soon be housed in. its permanent home, and he was hopeful that arrangements would be made for the opening ceremony to take place on. Armistice Day, 11th November. The Campanile, he considered, was destined to become the,most prominent landmark in the city. Having reached the present stage, the society would have to consider what it was going to do in the future. The Campanilo -would be under the control of the Mount Cook Board of Trustees, and the question. arose as, to what would be the status and functions of the society. 'The Board of Trustees having agreed-to advance £4000 for the completion of the Campanile, he had undertaken, on behalf of the society, that it would do its part in. helping to raise this amount to recoup the board at a later date. As neither the City Council nor the Harbour Board had yet contributed to this object, he thought they could be approached in the hope that they would contribute a substantial amount. In. addition,-some £300 a year would have to be raised for the salary of the carillonist and other expenses. In this direction lie thought there were many people in Wellington who would be glad to become subscribers at the rate of fills or 10s 6d a year. The question would also arise whether the Carillon should be vested in the City Council, the Board of Trustees, or some other body, with the Carillon Society, say, acting in. an honorary capacity. These questions should be referred to the incoming executive for consideration.

The report and balance-sheet were adopted. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year:—Patron, Sir. L. P. Blundell; president, Sir Harold Beauchamp; vice-presidents, Messrs. S. Kirkcaldie, C. J. B. Norwood, Hope B. Gibbons, L. 0. H. Tripp, G. Shirtcliffe, J. M. Geddis, and G. A. Troup; lion, solicitor, Mr. E. A. B. Jones; hon. treasurer, Mr. E. G. Pilcher; hon. secretary and organiser, Mr. Hoy S. Johnston; hon. auditor, Mr. A. J. M'Lennan; general committee, Messrs. 11. D. Bennett (chairman), H. Temple "White, H. I. Graves, E. C. Alderson, E. G. Pilcher, E. Tait, J. Burgoyne Thomas, E. S. Baldwin, F. de J. Clere, G. Mitchell, E. E. Muir, W. S. "Wilson, E.""A. E. Jones, H. B. Tolley, B. Johnson, E. D. Cachemaille, B. S. Johnston, J. I. Goldsmith, G. "W. Slade, G. N. Sturtevant, T. "Ward, T. H. Whittaker, P. de B. Brandon, Mesdaines Chatfield, E. G. Moore, and E. E. Muir; representatives of the Civic League, Eeturned Soldiers' Association, and South African "War Veterans' Association.

It was decided to adopt the term "carillonist" in preference to "carilldneur" and "earilloneuso" for the player at the clavier, thus conforming to the practice adopted by the British Broadcasting Company and Sydney University.