EUCHRE PRIZES

Hokitika Guardian, 23 May 1933, Page 4

EUCHRE PRIZES

HOKITIKA R.S.A. ; TOURNEYS

POLICY OF DISTRIBUTION. -

The Hokitika branch of the Returned Soldiers’ -Association* last • evening fully discussed the -branch’s position regarding tne supply of prizes -fpr" its euchr© t-ouruamenis,-anji .ft., Anally de-ckie-u that the -present, Tractive be continued, of ■ distributing tlie orders equally among, tliq,.business, people'of Liie town. ’ y

Tue matter.. wa;s..fii st/ raided,'.when. «he b. ,lai ce , sheet,,.was under”, review. Mr B, Biddulph, stated that jArtiadars of tile prizes, were "shown on’-the expenditure side.of the.financial, stater, ment. /' j‘i J.. /•'"

The secretary., (Mr,, R. Batefsoji), said that full details were not slioiyn as it would ,(iaye, .baked; several pages to do so. The total was. shown, .while the individual-:-a,mounts; had .teen-.ap-proved by the executive at each meeting. , r ,\ . \ .

Mr Bade asked why- tile executive gave" groceries ■ for-prizes dufiug the last ten "months sihCe. Ilia Tett'etS ~to the paper. . ‘ ‘ ‘■‘•til, The chairman said that thj6 - prize*.-v were given tcii Attract" the public.-, The secretary'; said; that thb general trend hy bedke rtitiuing tournaments .> was toward groceries. If tliese wtire;, ‘hot; desired by: the winner, the order ’given’- to whotrt ’ever the VVf*mfer; .Van ted. " ' *V. oaVi/’-y.:. ,- , r . *'•'* Mr Bade said ' that biie lady Jihd claimed that nothing 'but' hkW/Biid been offered at one Stage. ; //./‘./.'A Mr T. Lyrch said that it, had been usual to give hams before Ohristirks, but they had been changed when the, Winner did not waiit.it. •,. j;.. Mr Biddulph: Was it not " remarkable tlfat such, a .change to groceries occurred after th© letters-' .' to. '*ihe paper ? v -,, /- ■. A ' / "’ •, y ’ )?; The secretary : - Up till then " I ran the tournaments, bu.t, afterwards.: I refused to continue and the running •of them was left, to the sub-committee. Mr Biddulph. :'; /Dp 'you hot think it a fair thing for to , get a fair.pshare of the, business ~ going? ■... ■ The balance sheet W'."A;rthen adopted) hut later Mr Biddulph.Tnoved that.'.the secretary be instructed that gn ecjual •share of business should be> (to

dll returned men. '••'"// „ J/’-. . The . secretarjj said/thjit. . tlie matter * had been considered ir.nd thfe policy had been hid, down- that ,the''bdsniess should be divided up among people as a whole/ ihcluding the'turned men, as, much support : qajne v from outside.' '"•*./'''A/. . Mr Bade said tl(rtt life had, gljvejV services to, the. secretary on occasions iu connection :with ;, matters, find h§thoffglit that^e Ahohld. get gome services rendered. ;/;-/ ; .... Mr B. Kemahau moved an Ruwnd- ; meat that Mi; Bade.; sitmildgeiAhe ( . orders for all prized,; this, BemsUseceded by Mr C. pßleacßjjrt/j -/i f./Vv. . ... Mr Thornhilk Gcqpbi'. said .that.,;',he , „• was satisfied that no iindue pre'feireiice , . •: was given to anybody. He said that they were asking'(for,;.the support of . the public, and they should- therefore give the publicr.spme df the,' business, although, where possible some prqferenoe might be given to those * rs-., turned men in business. j,The general public could hardly be classed an out■ider, he added, as most of them had relations who were at the front, so that they were indirectly interested in the Association. \ .

Mr Paterson :> Mr\ Bade has got a grievance, I i?.dmity-ibtit he went the wrong way about it; If Mr Bade had written- to the executive it would been been different. - •>. -

Mr Bade: Bidhll the men fwho ■ pupplied prizes write in for them 1 . Mr Paten-son. admitted that he had been at fault in that instance.

The president (Air W. E. Brown) rose to a point of order, saying that he cbuld not permit .personal attacks at' the meeting., v . • ; • k •

Mr Biddulpli: Mr Armstrong wrote to the papers.’ Hid you inflict punishment oil Him?’' ' "

Air Paterson said' that Mr Armstrong had replied to the attacks, in! the paper, as. presideiit of .the Association on behalf of the returned' ineit in general. , . .... fp -. ' .. v ...

Afr E; Eade ' said' that they- were dependent ’on The public who' should not be told where to draw the, prizes, but should have the’ choice" of iyhere to,go. , .v. '.: ',V ■

Air J. L. Afenzies said the prize winners were not tied) blit had. the chance of .altering the order to suit themselves. They. knew iiyhat They wanted most in the home, and he thought that foodstuffs iwould be very, Welcome to-day. Any business men could} get the business if lie; had the class, of goods. . : v ••• •• :• y . *j. '■ Air .Biddulpli: 'lfSyou are -going to run them that, way, why not advertise an open order, for prizes ? . Air Thornhill Cooper,;,, said it should he perfectly, clear I .that the , secretary did not run the tournaments, but the sub-committee. Any. complaints-jshpuld be made to the sub-committee, not to the secretary alone, A

It was finally decided that the present- practice be Continued;:’ ■ The president appealed to members that if they had complaints ,in the future, the matter should he brought to the executive table which was the proper pla™. He added that .the matter ur dey J eration. was now definitely (Applause). ; -j

A social hour' was. spent /after the meeting when Ihe differences which have characterise! this subject 1 in‘the past were very nmiosfbly settled. .'