OTAGO LAWN TENNIS CLUB.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10637, 31 October 1896, Page 2

OTAGO LAWN TENNIS CLUB.

The annual meeting of. the Ofc&go L&wo Tennis Clabwaß held on Thursday afternoon in j the Cinb's Pavilion, Cumbetlaod street, Mr A. A. Finch, the retiring president, being in the ) chair. There was a Isrge attendance of members' present. ANNUAL HEPOHT. The following report vraj submitted and I adopted : — ' ■ ' In presenting their report and balance sheet for the past sea-ou your ciimmirtv.e ore pWsed to be 1 able to congratulate tha club on having had a i fairly successful season, ansmcially snd otherwise. ■ The membership roll numbers 10i)> of whom 50 are i gentlemen, 40 ladie.-, and 10 honorary ; whila four ! visitors to tha town availed themselves of the ; rule which accords visitors the privileges of the i club on payment of a monthly subscription. Tho | ', committee have pleasure in reporting that the ' ; finances of tho dub ore in a fairly satisfactory (■■•ndition considering the iHaahilHiea undf-rwhich they have laboured for toms time, past. The revenue for th« yaar was ill 65 iU-s lid, and the expenditure (excluding £iO paid for balance of last year's r^nt) was £U3 Us lii. ft to this is i r.Hded the balance unpaid of this year's rant (£3O) . it will be seen that th.i club is short £7 1» 2d on the year's transactions. Burins the past 12 months attempts have been ma^o tn cieil with the , matter of the debenture, and your committee have the pleasure t-> inf.mn you tint holders of debentures representing jEHO have generously returned these debentures to the club ou .'onditlon that, should any money, whether principal or interest, he paid st any time in mpect of the debentures, th-ne gentlemen elmll participate pro rata It is anticipated that iuo"t of the others interested will generously do likewise. Further, ; your committee were enabled to purchs.se th« > debentures of o-.e holder at a nominal price. The result of these eudeavours is that tho *m..unt, : which was £335, now stands at jElfio. The club played several interclub matches'it» town with varying success, but owing to the inclemency ot '. the weather was unable to meet its -country i engagements. A team,. from this provincial district went to Caristnhurch forth'! mterpro- , vincul tournament last Bast-Mr. The majority of ! this team was composed ot the club's numbers, : but although the trip seems to have been heartily i enjoyed by your representatives, and they J succeeded in winning srrme sec,, the result which i ; was decided on the games, was very much against Otago The results of the club's annual fcourn*- ' ment were as follows :—Mer/a Championship ! Sin-lev Mr R. P. Waid ; Men's Handicap Singles, j Mr R. P. Ward ; Men's Handicap Doubles, Messrs Ward and Hanwwuy, Combined Uoubl.'.s, Miss I Mackerras and Mr Hogg; Ladws' Championship | Singles, Miss Mackerras; Ladies' Handicap . Singles, Miss L. Shand; Ladies' Handicap I Doubles, Misses Kempthorne an-l Maclean. Your committee would draw the attention if the cluo to the absolute necessity for top-dressiug tne asphalt courts and repairing tho pavilion ana . I improving the premises generally. ': odo tniß is ! is essential that funds be obtained, and strenuous ! efforts should, during the *>nsui«gseason,bß made ! by the members individually and collectively to ' augment the club's resources. j OFI'ICE-BKAREBS. 1 The election of office-bearers resulted ts follows:—Pr-oeidout, Mr A. A. Finch; vicepresident, Mr J. Allen; »ecretsry and treasurer, Mr P. D. Boyd; committee—Messrs Richardson, M&oiean, Sise, Gully, Hogg, Ward, Sleigh, Hislop, Branson, and Fenton.