WAIKOUAITI NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15350, 13 January 1912, Page 10

WAIKOUAITI NOTES.

(FnoH Orni Ows Connrai'otiDßKT.) WAiJCOUAITI, January 12. 'Hid annual meeting of the Walkouaiti At)iona:iiui subscribers was held in tho reading room on Monday evening. Mr A. -M. Cameron (chairman of committee) prodded, ant! there was a fair attendance, 'llio report {ircMKilod by the secretary showed that llio affairs of tho institution bad been oapahly managed during tho voir. The subscriptions received auiouuk-d to £25 lfe-dd, as compared with £28 16s 6d for tho previous year. There weretaken otit 31 niinual suhieriptions, 13 halfyearly, 42 quarterly, and seven monthlymaking a total of S3, as against 123 for 1910. The absence of social aUractions in the shape of draughts tournaments and cud matches during last winter would probably account for the reduction in the rminlwr of suliscrilwp. Seventy-two new volumes, comprising the lat"!it and most pojwlar boob, had been added to tho library, tlio total number on Ilto catalogue now lioitiß <W4. Ihiring the year tJte interior of tho public' hall had been thoroughly renovated, and now 'presented a very attractive appea ranee, and tho committee was at prosent negotiating for a supply of ohairg in orxrcr to further improve tite seating aceommodation. Tlic ialanco sheet shower) tho receipts to have boon £122 13s B<L and tho expenditure (including debit balance from previous vear) £109 Iffe Id. leaving a credit balanoe of £12 14s 7d.-Tho Chairman, in moving tlic adoption of (lie report aud babjxv wicct, cxpreflsnd pfea.vuro at tlw fact that tiny overdraft had boon wiped out, and that despite tlio extra expenditure incurred in tl>e cost of runovnlion there was at a lisdanoo in hand. Mo mentioned that tta' institution wa« fourideii in 1862, ami would shortly rracdi its jubilee, and diggcsted tliat a siiicaWo celebration should Ihi arranged. Me also suggested that Uic rending room bo thrown open for I!h> use of tlvo public in tlic evenings, in order to firrthrr populnriso tlio institution After the stfoptioti of tho report and balance sheet, tho Mayor (Mr N. Stewart) was voted t/t the chair, and the following gentlemen were elected a committee for the ensuing year:—M«srs .1. T. AJleock B. W. Fell. S. Heckler, S. Kkld, n. lUI Mi, W. Mwkro. X. Stewart. R. Tomplotin. H. Townsend. and A. Williamson. Sir iJ.'CI Omcome was appointed auditor. The retiring committee and auditors were thanked for their services during tile past year. At a meeting of the new committee, held subsequently, Mr R, TompMon wan oJ<<trtl ohainrsu), Mr B. ilallott wretory and trivvsurer. and Mr Tiwmas Reid eommitWs auditor. The following committees wero appointed: Works—Mrcsrq Tenrpleton. WiQianwon, l>ai-is, ar.d Fell; Book Sdectioii—Messrs Dans and Fell. Tho night of meeting was fixed for the peroral Monday in each monili. It was decided to celchrato the jubilee of the institution in a fitting manner dnrmtr tlio present year. Tho splendid rainfall during November an.l Deivmbor has cau*»l a remarkable growth throughout this (fistrict. Grain rrtrp* aro verv rood generally, and in many instances will r*» h.Tavy. Grass it; v<irv plentiful everywhere, and as Am famrip eropt-- haTe received a good start, an abundance of winter feed for stocfc is now