TIMARU BOATING CLUB.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2842, 1 November 1883, Page 5

TIMARU BOATING CLUB.

Tbo annual meeting of tho Timaru Boating Club was held on October 5, at the Royal Hotel. Siiteen members attended, and tho Captain, Mr A. E. Hawk'ns, occupied the chair. The minutes hiving been road and conflrmod, tho Treasurer, Mr Q-. Wood, read tho balance-sheet. This showed that tho Club commenced the year with n credit balance of £6 19i 6d, and the total receipts had been £155 lls 6d, the principal items being subecriptiors £47 12»; raised on loan, £ 66 j winnings at regatta, £22. Tho expenditure had been £162 2e Gd, the principal itemß being £72 15a 61 for two new four-oar inrigged boats, by Groen, of Port Chalmers ; £32 10a for launching waya ; £26 7s 2i for oara and boat furniture, juet received from Hoice, the balance iv hand being 8s 6d. A statement of assets and liabilities showed tint tho Club poesrajos threa fcuroor, and three pair-oar boatp, with oara, eculla and gear, valued at £150 ; shod and launching ways, vahied at £45 ; and subscriptions due, £55; total assetp, £250 j'againet which the only liability is a bill dun ou the 10th mat. of £70, for repayment of loans nnd interest, leaving a balance m favor of tho Club of £180. The statement of accounts wns considered satisfactory, nnd the Club aro to be congratulated upon having gathered together so good and valuable a property. The Chairman then road the following roport : — "Your Committee beg to hand to the meeting tho annual report and balance-sheet, which you have heard rend, for the pißt year ended 30th September, 1883. The Club, as has bren shown by the balnnco-sheet, has spent the sum of £170 during the past year. The ways which were put down have proved an unqualified success, Baying an enormous amount of damaee and wear and tear to the boats, besides being a great convenience to tho members. The sum of £25 hns been spent on oars and eculls ob'.ained from Ealter, of Oxford, and two four-oared inrigged boats havo been obtained from Dunedin ut a cost of £68, wtiicb have proved to be admirably

niaptod to tho requirement* of the Club. l i DuriiijT the pist tciscn thn Ciui) was represented allho Ak.ros, Ljltcltoti nnd Timaru rogattun, with a degree of tucc.-fs which we consider far from unsatisfactory, and wou\d no doubt havo ehown to n greater udvuntogo had not tho boats of our opponents been of r f«ir lighter claaa than ours. At tho Timaru Eesalta, the Club ln B t their whileboat, which M-a, ]cut lo the Kegntta Committee, and >nvo receded bs compen;a(ion the culm of £10. S O a»n G rrbTatV"" eiMd / n ,° ff ° r f ° f *! ie ahln fn, n and as =he wns uneniton th W«h,i M { t"' built «°kmlv for use to tho Club, tho y tem^ l^ n .° o ui3 cept the off.r, and according f ß 'o B d of her for the sum oE £10. As it b£ h P geeted by several members that Ibf"^^ thould obtain a Bailing bjut, the Comm.\ c would advise, as soon as tho Olub see tfce'i« way clearly to do an, tho porchosa of a light failing boat, suitable mther for rowing or failing pleasure parties, which we think may be obtnined for about £25. The Committee, m retiiiig, have much plea«uro m congratulating the Club upon the energetic manner m which tho members have worked together during the pist scafOD, and sincerely truet they will continue to do so, thereby furthering tho intcrcßts of tho Olub. " October sth, 1883." ' The Secretary filled that tha Club numbered now about 60 member?. In respect of the liability of £70, tho Chairman stated that it wns understood thst the bill could be renewed, and preferably, that a part cuuld bo paid off ard tho balance renewed, and this coureo tiie Committee recommended should be ado >ted. Mr I. Turnbull moved, Mr J. Roberts seconded, and it was carried unanimously — "That the report nnd bilmce fihoct be adopted, and the tb.:mks of the Club be Endured to the CurnmittfO for the creilitiblo tnanr.nr m which U)ey have conriu?tpd the affairs i*. tho Club during tbe past twelve month?." The following were t ] lou proposed aad elected rncmbsr. ot i.i.e Clu'.. : -Messrs Percy Cook, Arthur Allen, Av rC :\ Allen, A. Jackson, H. Clack, — Mnsov g. Mningay, G. Morley, A. St. &. HameraKj, __ Strachan, and J, Cameron. Mr Archer was re-elfdeii Preside-,^ an 3 Judge Ward md Captain Cain V^ice-Iregj. dents ; Mr Hawkins \v,\s re-elected Captait Mr Shirlcliffe Dcputy-Ciptiin, and Mr Haylock Secretary ; Mr W. Wood was elected Treasurer, and the following were elected a Committee, tho officers being members ex officio .— MesErs Black, J. E. 8. Jackson, G. Wood, J. Ot. Macpherson, and J. Hall. A dijeussion took ploc3 as to the advisability of obtaining a eailing boat as recommended by the Committee, or, instead, a pairoar racing boat. It was finally resolved, on the motion of Mr Turnbull, seconded by Mr Bhirtcliffe — " That the Committee be empowered to obtain a strong open tailing boat, with sails and gear complete, during next season, pronged tho Committee see their way clear to do so." 'Xbo movor urged strongly that the sailing boat Bhould be procured m preference to the racing boat, as there were many members who cared little for rowing who enjoyed a sail, and others of the same tastes might become members if the opportunity of procuring that enjoyment were given them. The Committee's " seeing their way clear " meant their making arrangements to postpone payment of some part of the current liability. Tho Committee were authorised to diapoße of the old boat " Wsimea," which had been built for uee on the Washdyke Lagoon, and is uaßuitiiblo for tbo rough water of the roadstead. The laying on water to the chetl, and the erection of a dressing-room were mentioned, and both matters left to tho discretion of tho Committee. Tho uieetiDg then terminated, after a vote of (hanks to the Chairman.