St. Joseph's Men's Club, Dunedin

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 16, 21 April 1904, Page 19

St. Joseph's Men's Club, Dunedin

The annual meeting of the St. Joseph's Men's Club was held in St. Joseph's Hall on Thursday evening. The Rev. P'atiher Murphy, Adm., presided, and there was a large attendance of members. The rev. chairman expressed his pleasure at seeing such a large meeting whidh augured well for the success of the club during tihe coming year.

The committee in their annual report congratulated the members on the success which had attended the work of the club during the past season, and on the satisfactory balance sheet, which showed a credit of £5 odd compared with a debit o! nearly a like sum at the beginning of the season. Although tOie financial members were only 41 as against 49 fox the previous year, still they took a greater interest in the working of the club as was evidenced by the fact that the syllabus for the weekly meetings was adhered to throughout the season with only one exception The liteiaiy and debating class was well attended The gymnastic class gave promise in the beginning of the year of being very successful under the 1 dncction of Me^sis Deehan and Dnnnm, but unfortunaiely both of the instructors wore later on laid up with illness. The committee weie pleased to rqpoi t thai they were ■hopeful o 1 scM'uiing the sen ices of a paid instructor this \ear The billiard table is a source of cansideiable recreation and bnaigs in a fan revenue Since its purchase two years ae;o a sum of £]."> has been ,p*ud oil the original cost Dining the vein (lie club lost the services of Mi C. Foley, an enei<;etic member of the committee, Mr E Spam, Mr 1 J S Columb, lieasurei, all of whom have lett Duhodin, also Mr. J Ilu-^ev The annual meeting ol the Fedeiated Cathiolu Societies will be held in Ihu'cdin this > ear and id will be necessary for the (hi!) to 1 .1.1 c the nee r,sary strip-, to ni,i Ke tie confei cmuc a su< < oo 1-^1 -^ 'Ihe >naga/ine of the lednated societies should be suh->< 1 ibed to by all the mctnheis The balance sheet flowed thai the total HHCipts foi the year ended Manh 51 weie £(>(> <>s 7d, whuh iih hided £3.") Is (-d fiom the billiard table and £10 f>s fiom subsci lptions.

Sc.ctal suggestions foi the piid.inio i.f I,he incoming committee were made by Ihe membois, all of whom expressed themsehes in hopeful teims with legard to the future prospects of the club The Lepoit and balance yheet weie then adopted

The election of officers lesiilted as follows — Piomdont, Rev Father Murphy, \i< e-pie>Mdents, Rev. Father O'MaMey and Mr V Dcehan de-elected) , hon secretary, Mi. ' D S ('plumb (i e-elec 1 ed) , hon tteasurer, Mr II Mi'cs , hon audiloi, M< .J M.illy, • ommittec, Messrs- \V II Ilavdon, Jim , T .1 Il'issey, X Ileley, V Sulinan, G Coughlan, J Flalwuin, and Adams

Nineteen new members wie elected dmnif the evening, and it, was expected that se\eial 11101 c wouH join within the re\t few day^ In bringing the meeting to a close the Rev Father Murphy thanked the members lor their piesence, prd trusted all would endeavor to make the club a gieal success during the nexl twelve months \s far as he was personally concerned he would assist it in every possible way Tie impressed upon members the necessity of getting their fuends to loin, as the club wduld not only be highly beneficial to members from an

intellectual point of view, hut would also be the means of promoting social intercourse amongst the congregation. In conclusion Father Murphy announced that the session would be opened on next Friday evening, when he would deliver a short lecture.