OTAGO ROWING CLUB.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14924, 29 August 1910, Page 7

OTAGO ROWING CLUB.

ANNUAL MEETING. Tho thirty-seventh aiiual meeting of the Otago Rowing Club was held in the dub Moray place, on Saturday Jiight. Mr F. \\ . Mitohell presided, and there was u fair attendance of jnenihors Tlio Clwixninu. first presented the tronhics won during the year, and then said lie was sorry tlioro was not a larger atte«Janco of members. Ho' shared with tlio cominitteo and the members the satisfaction _ they ■ must feel at the continued prosponty of tho club. It was very gmtifjinp that tho club had succccd-etl so well during tlio past season, and had won such a largo amount' of. moncv. But tho ivuining of prizes was not. tlio'onlv thin.that they must consider. They should cuftiyato a proper spirit, .the attainment of which was almost as dcsirablo as success itself. Ho i hoped that tho club would never eiiltivato.any other than the proper spirit, and ovan if l.lioy found themselves at tlio,botloni,of tho prize Jist would alwavs realise that it might, bo their turn next. He minted to the excellent cxnmpin wliicli M been set by J. F. M'Grath, to wlw«2 work and example the. speaker ascribed the success cf tho club. It ivoukl not 1» out cf place to impres? upon junior and maiden members tho wisdom of following Ins oximiplo. In Jookin.j. at the balance sheet he \vas pleased io see that .outstanding subscriptions stood gt. two guineas only -one member's subscription. 'This said a good deal for the. zeal and activity of the officers who .wore responsible. Ono mailer that he would like to emphasise very st-rcngly wns tlw ncccfsity for using best-an<l-br.)t boats for racing. They had seen flic Jesuit of having no best-and-bsst races in their harbour w-liou tlicir men wmt to I'icton. Tho.v stood absolutely no chance with incJi who liad Ikch rowing in such boats. Tlio_ speaker referred with ivgret to tho demise of Mr R. S. M'Gowan, an old captain of their club, who had passed away during tho year. He asked the nicotine to join with him in expressing regret that this gentleman ■had passed from their midst, lie- had much pjcasure in moving of the report (already published) and balance sheet. Mr M. 11. V'riest, in • seconding the motion, aid it was a matter for congratulation that the club had been able to show such a gocd balance sheet. They had wiped out two or three- years' outstanding trophies, also a small amount from last years Ixihuiee shcei. Mesvs 11. 1), Brewer ami 11. A.'LcCren also spoke, and the report and balance Blwst wore adopted. The election of oflico-bunvoio for (he ensuing year loniltcd as ' follows Patron, r" i> u'-i M-I'-t-: president, Mr Vr Vi ,!• v icc-pres':i!?nt-s—Messrs 11. A. LcCren. I'. J. Priest, and F. W. Mitchell; captain, 11. D«lgshun; deputy-eap-vf HI, T T J^ a| rhairn; ccaunitUo ill u aiu ' os ' CaJlin, Field, H, Jilack, and Dawson; ti'easuror, I', l'ish; secretary, J. W. Snioaton. ■ Mr J. F Nixon was elected a „ i ;on . ]if o moiubcr. It was decide! to add £15 to the reserve fund and a bonus of sN"uiiwns A-as - voted lo tho club's ca-retaker Mr Pearson), general sativifaction boin--- oxprcsscd at the manner in which ho had carried out his duties during the year Th? only certain protection from t.bo :tiiM coW or l,mssi,, s