BLACKBALL CO-OP. SOCIETY.

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 September 1917, Page 2

BLACKBALL CO-OP. SOCIETY.

MAN'' VKAIiLY .MKETINU. The lialf-yoiirly meeting of the aboveSociety wiis held' in the Oddfellows' Hull, I3lackbii.il, on il„. 19th. The President. .Mr W. R. MeDo.mld, was in the chair, find there was ft good attendance of members. The secretary rciid (lie balance-sheet, find, .'liter a few questions, jt was unanimously adopted, Before biking nominations for officebearers, the Chairman stated thai, as lie. had been continuously on the committee. for six years, and as there wore many who had never held office, be hoped to see Home of the latter nominatro? cs he wanted a, rest for a while

The following were elected, Mr .1. White acting ;i!s scrutineer: President, Mr (!. Davidson ; Vice-President, Mr W. Sominerville ; Secretary, Mr I. Sharpc; Committee Messrs W." I?, McDonald, D. Yeiteh 0. Hogg. P. Breeti, A. Wysc, .1. Dawson. The newly-elcrled nflieers returned thanks. Tlie retiring ( hairmau, before vacating the cliair, gave ;i luminary of business transacted dining the last.half-year, showing that the whole of the Joan on the new building had been paid off, and that members were receiving 3s in the £. There were several dividends of over £l2. "Even in my small family,'' he said. "I had £lO 6s 3d for six months. This would be hard to beat in any part of the Dominion. In our manager, Mr F, Lord, and baker. .Mr A. Millar, we have good. energetic, and obliging men." lie hoped they would be long spared in their present positions. The manager he added, took orders and measurements for men's suits and ladies' costumes, and these he could recommend. The tsiiit be was wearing cost, £3 10s, and the previous one, ho paid £5 5s for. There was, he concluded, (■very indication that the coming halfyear would be as prosperous as tho last-. A dividend would be paid out on the following Tuesday, and a. great sale of everything at bedrock prices would take place during the next three days. This concluded a very sociable half-

yearly meeting