SOUTH CANTERBURY CALEDONIAN SOCIETY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 6058, 18 September 1894, Page 3

SOUTH CANTERBURY CALEDONIAN SOCIETY.

. r The annual general meeting of members of i the South Canterbury Caledonian Society j was held in the Arcade Chambers last even- > ing. There was a good attendance, and Mr i W Priestj the president, oooupied the chair. Atffilpgies for non-attendance were accepted ) f«^.4Ks.|W'Stjiart, Gunn and Mahoney. i The report was si follows i— 1 "Your directors have >»u«b plfJisuri \a t reporting that the year has again been a i. most successful one. The gathering was held i in fine weather, the attendance on both days i. being large. The profit on gathering and concerts was £90. It may be stated here that the now office for tho eeoretary ond room for competitors which wore put up on the ground just at the oloee of last year were found most oo&Tvawot. A* to the grauad th« looictj is to be congratulated on its present appearance. It is looking extremely well for thia time of the year; the plant (stored in the r sooiety's sheds) is in good order, and the y plantations are coming on well. It m f suggested that the ground committee (to be i elected from tha direotor») should visit the s ground at an early date, as a few minoi f matters uuob. a,s thinning trees, painting g buddings, etc. require ait^tjion, Financially o the year has'beepbnu the sopiety pan weft be d proud of. Last year wo had practically wan I. the last of' overdraft' in our balanoe sheet, * and ithifl year oomes to a close with th( i, substantial balauoe of £47 9s 2d. The main .s items of finance are gata money £185 3s, entrj ie fees £5014a, sale of privileges £90 ss, while L. the principal items of expenditure were prizei p £237 9«, works and wages £86 19i 7d. . Qui •■ grounds are thus clear of all debt. We have £ valuable assets in its leaie for 14 yaars, and ( i- plant that is second to none for sports pur is poses. Another source of great oongratula id tioa was the suooeM attendant on tba pro al duofcion of Guy Manner ing on ths_ let and 2nc ie January by Mr S Wolf, and tb'a' inaiiguratioi of soowlb. Two sociaU were held, and thi

directors are unanimous in their opinion that to their president, Mr W Priest, belongs all honour for the admirable manner in which they were arranged, and the deoided success they were. The retiring direotors are Messrs Ferguson, Egan, Moßride, Cameron, Oaldwell, A O and T Pringle, Gunn, G P Wood, and Mundell." The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report and balance sheet, eaid that be must confess that it had been a souroe of ploasure to him to preside at their meetings. There had been no unpleasantness of any kind during the year and he was sure that the directors had worked hard to assist him and to forward the interests of the looiety j and ho must also bear witness to the excellent way the secretary and honorary treasurer had carried out their duties. He bad to thank all very heartily for the support given him, and vacate the ohair with muoh regret. Ho promised that ho would do hit beat for the sooiety as a direotor during the next year. Mr W Evans seconded the motion and voiced the feeling of the whole society when he said that Mr Priest had proved to be the " right man in tho right plaoe." Nominations were then taken for the office of directors when 13 gentlemen were proposed and seoonded. The poll resulted as follows: -Messrs A O Pringle, T Pringle, S Moßride, D J Oaldwsll, J McK Thompson, W Gunn, B Ferguson, A Sinclair, M J Bhepherd, and F Cameron. These gentlemen aot with the ten direotors who have been longest in offioe. Mr David Stuart was unanimously reelected auditor, and the general meeting dosed with a conversational discutsion on certain natter*, an important suggestion by Mr G Triggs that the direotors should consider the question of introducing oyoling races for oash amateurs being duly minuted. At the meeting of directors held afterwards, Mr W Evans moved, and Mr Emil Hall seconded, that Mr W Priest be re-eleoted president for the year. Both gentlemen spoke well of the sterling and excellent work done by Mr Priest during" the past year, whish thanks greatly to his efforts had been most successful. \ The motion was carried unanimously, and Mr Priest feelingly returned thanks. He hoped that the inooming year would be just as pleasant as the last. His duties had been no great trouble, and he bad always looked forward to their meetings with pleasure. Other offioera were elected as follows — Messrs A Sinolair and T Pringle, vicepresidents ; Mr F Cameron, hon treasurer (re-eleoted on tho motion of Messrs W Evans and F Palliser) j seoretary, Mr A Allan (raelected on the propoial of MrT Harney, who spoke well of the way the duties had been carried out) ; ground committoe, Messrs I Pringle, M Jbhepherd, F Cameron, E Hall, and F Palliser , programmee committees—musio and dancing— £6o -Messrs Orerar, Ferguson, and A Sinolair ; running, walking, and oyoling— £loo— Gunn, Mahoney, Shepherd, and Caldwell , general sports —£60— Messrs W Evans, D Stuart, A O and T Pringle, Thompson and Harney ; starter —Mr John Meikle. The total prize money was fixed at about £240, and after passing a vote of thanks to the ohairman an eDthusiastio meeting plo:ed.