OPUNAKE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 5 August 1918, Page 4

OPUNAKE.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

RACING CLTJB

The annual meeting of the Opunake Racing Club was held on Friday evenlAllg'r/'mcllAllg'r/'mcl was fairly w<r ]l attended, Mr A. Good (president) being in the chair. lhe annual report and balance-sheet show the club to be in. a sound financial position. During the year the mortgage on the club's, 'property, ™untlflg to £700, has been paid off ioOO was invested in war bonds, £350 Jies at interest in the Post Office Savings Bank, and the current account at the Bank of New Zealand shows a credit of £107. The club's lands, buildings, and plant, all free of enl cvm unce' are valued at £3438. The balance-sheet was adopted on the motion of Messrs J. M. H'ickey and S. Forsyth. . The following officers were elected: President Mr A. Good; vice-presidents, Messrs M. J. Brennan, J. Young, J I* llck^ y ' and <?• Ban-Brown; judge! Mr .-w. loung; timekeepers, Messrs g! Gibson and J. Bennett; hon. treasurer, Mr A Clarke j auditor, Mr D Marki nanij lion, surgeon, Dr Sharpe; general committee, Messrs J. Young, G. BarrBrown.^E S. Forsyth/ F. Julian, D. Campbell, A. Clarke, S. Richards, E. L. Thorpe, and J. M. Hickey. Seventeen nominations were received for a committee, of nine, and on a ballot being, taken the old committee was reelected without exception. It was decided to increase the auditor's fee from £2 2s to £5 ss. Owing to the increasing amount of work and the growing importance of the club, it was resolved to-raise the secretary's salary from £85 to £125. Mr Young brought up the question ot increasing the charge at the lawn gates to 7s 6d, and also of reducing the number of complimentary tickets issued. After some discussion, both j matters were referred to the committee to deal with. Messrs F Carter and. A. Mitchell I were elected members of the club t ir a •S?- c? ting of the committee', Mr i rK *J lckev • unanimously reelected chairman. HARBOR MATTERS. Advice has been received here that in consequence of the necessity for daylight navigation, tlie Northern Shipping Company's boat, trading to Opunake, will probably hav 0 to cut out this port. It has been customary to work the cargo during the .day and sail durmg the night. The loss, of the steamer service poor as n it Is (the cargo has all to be lightered, and this can only be done m fair weather) will nut residents to some inconvenience. The local carrier, who already employs two large motor lorries, has more work than he can manage, and it will mean that more transport will have to b 6 supplied to enable goods to be supplied without unreasonable delay.