MANGATOKI NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 3 October 1929, Page 15

MANGATOKI NEWS

TENNIS CLUB ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Mangatoki Tennis Club was held in the hall on Tuesday evening, Mr. R. D. Douglass presiding. The balance-sheet showed an excess of assets over liabilities of £209 ss. Subscriptions and donations totalled £lB 14s, profits of,.ball £3, balance forward from last year".£l- 19s Bd, accounts paid £6; 18s 9d and balance cash and on deposit'£l2 15s 7d. ' ? : Mr. Douglass wished the club a very successful year. The good attendance of members gave every indicationn that it would be and he hoped all would do their best to stimulate interest. He re-’ ported the completion o fthe pavilion. The cost had exceeded .the amount jfrbvided for by the special meeting but the job was a good one and could not be done for less. Mr. Douglass considered the club should take part in the Egmont tennis competitions. .. The election of officers resulted: President, Mr. R. D. Douglass; vice-president, Mr. B. IL Parker; honorary secretary and trbasiirer, Mr.- L. Pease;' honorary auditor,.-Mr. R. D. Douglass; club captain, Mr. J. Lambie; vice-captain, Mr. Nelson Linn; general committee, the officers of the club and Mrs. H. Linn, Miss M. Pease and Messrs. G. Pease, S. Marx and H. Lambie; delegate to Taranaki Tennis Association. Mr. R. D. Douglass. A letter from the Egmont Tennis Association recommended the appointment of a club member instead of a-New Plymouth delegate to the Taranaki association, and that a meeting of delegates be held in Stratford with a working executive in New Plymouth. The meeting adopted the recommendation, members .considering such an arrangement would be in the best interests of tennis. ' ' . The . action of the sub-committee m arranging for the erection of a pavilion at the higher cost was endorsed. The thanks of the club were extended to Mr. Nelson Linn for material and to Mr. Gifford for services rendered in connection with the pavilion..-; The chairman expressed the club’s appreciation of Mr. Gifford’s generosity in meeting the club in 'selling a portion of his land for the club’® courts'when there was some difficulty in securing a central site. Appreciation of the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Douglass with afternoon tea during past seasons was expressed. October 10 was fixed for the opening day. Outside clubs are to be invited and a club game arranged instead of the usual tournament. It was decided to give free membership each season to two girls and two boys of the ffical school, the selection to be made by the teaching staff each year. PERSONAE AND GENERAL. Mr. Archie McGuinness, is still under treatment in the Hawera hospital. His knee is in plaster. It is believed satisfactory progress is being made but rest is essential. Mr. Joe Perry fractured a small bone in his wrist when cranking his car. The report on the production in South Taranaki and the table of comparisonsof the output of the separate factories and details of manufacture has been read with interest. It is noted Mahgatoki was fifth in the order of : lifer if a s regards output. The pay-out was incorrectly stated as Js 7d whereas the balancesheet of the company showed Is Bd. That amount will in all probability be exceeded in the final pay-out. The extremely cold southerlies of last week, followed by two sharp frosts, gave a further set back to an already late spring growth. Herds in good condition, however, immediately responded to warm days and made an upward move in their milk returns. Indications point to the grass coming away more rapidly. Returns : for September are mostly well below last season. Many farmers in this district are not bringing their cows in. until as late as September, some of them considering that the seasons are getting much later and that much winter feeding out can be done away with. They are stacking less and depending mostly on hay and ensilage. Certainly the milk returns from some of the largo farms adopting this late start seem to be highly satisfactory, the cows coming quickly into the flush. The experiment appears very risky to many who consider any cows coming in later would have to be considered unprofitable as the lost months could not bo made up.