ATHLETIC CLUBS' PROTECTION ASSOCIATION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11506, 30 September 1915, Page 8

ATHLETIC CLUBS' PROTECTION ASSOCIATION.

ANNUAL MEETING. The twenty-fifth annual meeting of delegates to (he Canterbury Athletic Clubs' Protection Associat-ou was held n,t Mr C. W. Hervey's office last evening, Mr J. 7? Buchanan presiding' over an attendance of about twenty delegates. The committee's report recorded a stearl" increase in membership, fifty-one clubs be:iK' now affiliated, as against forty-nine the previous year. Seventy cases of defaulting members had been dealt with, twenty-two j were induced to sett.'e arrears, f:rty-two wer- • posted as de?auiteis. five were not proceeded wi;-h and oe« was und«r consideration. Seven of those posted as defaulters had paid their arrears, and nine defaulters of the previou" year had settled their arrears, the amount colleoted duiing- the year being £34 19s. Tht cominit.ee urged oiticials of clubs to use every discretion in the matter of submitting names to the associir.ion. having regard to .he unsettled state of affairs at prefect existing' throughout tha Empire. The annual balencc-sheet showed receipts for the year amounting to £H 2s, an expenditure of £2B On Bd, and a ered.t balance of £36 Is 4d. there were no liabilities. The chairman moved a motion cf condolence with the relatives of members of sports bodies who had fallen _ at the front. The moti.n was carried unanimously, members standing-. In moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet, the chairman expressed regret at. the disbanding of the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Ciub. one of the earltest supporters of" the asaoc ation. He- urged delegates tc see that their clubs were careful to ensure the validity of '.he ejection of alt their members. He paid a high tribute to the secroary' of the association. 'Mr H. C. Harrison, for' his services in collecting club dues a.rd presenting a balance-sheet free of arrears. Mr A. "Stewart seconded the motion. j .A. Donaldson, suggested that clubs j should adoot th» system of writing to every i membsr who properly resigned, intcrmin? j him that his retir,nation had been accepted, | and of fil a copy o-. the letter. : The motion tor '.he adoption of the report 1 and balance-sheet, v.-aa carr'ed ir.!3.rjim:u« y. ' The election of officers resulted «.s follows: —Honorary secretary and troir-uter Mr H. C. Harrison; honorary auditor, Mr Angu3 Donaldson; committee, -Messrs J. 8.. Buchanan, A. Stewart, C. J. Atkinson, A. . W. J' Peacock and H. Lavton. " The committed was authorised to ask the i sanction of clubs to remove from ibe de- j faulters' li't -be nair.es or all persons who | had eii'i-tod for active service. j A special V>;nws of £-i 2s was voted to the i bonorarv secretly j