BOWLING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9308, 7 August 1908, Page 1

BOWLING.

UNITED CLUB. The annual meeting of the United Bowling, Tennis and Croquet Club was held in the Pioneer Club's rooms last^ evening. About twenty-five members wexe present, and Mr E. J. Ross presided. ' « . The executive reported a most successful year, and after reviewing the results of the play stated that there was plenty of accommodation for many more bowling members than the club had. A winter green, provided at a small extra fee, had been used by about thirty bowlers of various clubs with much appreciation. The tennis j season had been keenly followed, and I the courts had not shown serious wear ; until well into February, though used j very consistently. The two new courts j had been found excellent at the close j of the season. The committee was re- - laying two courts, and the tennis members Were paying for the relaying of : two more, and six would thus be in fine order by the end of December. ■ The croquet season had been keenly j enjoyed. Financially the club was in a better position than last year; but < as the whole of the grounds must be ! gradually relaid it would be necessary to increase the revenue, and the committee recommended that members' subscriptions should be raised. A number of minor improve- y, mefit3 had been made during the year, j The balance-sheet showed an overdraft at the beginning of the year amount- j ing to £256 8s 8d» the total on fch© i debit side for the year being £856 3s j 2d. The receipts were £639 8s 3d, I leaving an overdraft of £216 14s lid. j The treasurer stated that there were : pome outstanding receipts, which would ) be used directly to reduce the club's , j indebtedness to the holders of deben- ; tures, and would reduce the debt, com- : pared with last year, by £50. ; The report and balance-sheet were adopted., \ The election of officers resulted as \ follows -.—President, Mr J. D. Halij *

vice-president," Mr P. A- Lauriei &«*♦• tary and treasurer, Mr J. H. Aitkenj executive committee, Messrs ji_ Brown, R. D. Harman, E. J.Roes, S. L. Part?ridge, J. R. Quill and C Dugg^n ; delegates to the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association, Messrs Ballantyn^, , Aitken and Ollivier; delegates to the:"Cwiterbury Bowling Centre, Messrs Partridge and I. Wolfe; honorary auditor, Mr^E; J. Tayler. s „ . ; An honorarium of ttfenty-five guineas was voted to the secretary and treasurer. £•'--•■" It was decided that the annual subscription for men. should be £5J 15s, rel ducible to £2 10s if paid by December 31 ; for ladies, £1 16s, reducible similarly to £1 10s; that non-paymetot T>y 1 that date; should disqualify th<* member . from the use of the ground until payment is made; and that twenty 'f fully paid" members should be allowed for both sexes upon payment of .seven years' subscription in a lump sum. ; , It I was decided that members' 1 ' r under I twenty-one should pay half i*the subscriptions due from adults. * . It was stated that the increases of the subscription, with the present, mem- , bership, would make a difference of £130 per annum. . ;'■ ■■ ..'■■■> .... -.:';:•' -j - . .