old debenture holders and raising the money necessary for the new buildings, about $5,000, but so enthusiastic are the members that the money will no doubt be forthcoming ere long.
The funds were forthcoming, and in the paper of June 27, 1910, is a report of the opening of the new premises, which reads in part as follows:
The Corinthian Yacht Club celebrated the opening of the new Club house on Saturday (June 25). It was an interesting and pleasant function. The new house is admirably suited to its purpose, and the members are to be congratulated on the energy that has prompted them to build it.
The gathering was a distinctively representative one, and among those present we noticed Dr. Clark (the commodore) Mr. E. M. Hazeland (vice-commodore) Mr. E. M. Hassland (vice-commodore); Dr. J. W. Noble, Mr. T. F. Hough, Dr. Forsyth, Mr. Walker, Mr. Stevenson, Capt. Bird, Captain Milroy, Captain Pennefather, Mr. W. C. Jack, Mr. E. C. Wilks, Mr. F. Howell, Inspector Baker, Mr. D. Harvey, Mr. B. Cornewall Lewis, Mr. J. Irving, Mr. Ough, Mr. G. T. Lloyd, Mr. Menagh, Dr. Pearse, Col. Chapman, Major Higby, Mr. Taggart, Mr. H. T. Richardson, Mr. J. Lambert, and many others.
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Addressing the gathering Dr. Clark said:- Ladies and gentlemen, - I want to ask you to drink success to our Club. It is nearly six years since the club was established (circa 1904) and on the 27th day of January, 1906, my wife opened your first club house - a small wooden structure which long ago grew too small for the numerous members who flocked to our banner. The only memento of that first club house that now remains in this very excellent photograph which adorns our walls.
A description of the new premises states: Beautiful plants skirted the front of the attractive little two-storey building, with its warm red stone-work and harmonious green shutters.
These premises were situated on the Praya East; on the seafront opposite the old No. 2 (Wanchai) Police Station.
The Corinthian Yacht Club came to an end in 1920–21; two years later the big Praya East reclamation scheme was in hand; and the club's site has since become an inland point.
Lest there be any confusion about the names, we might note that the Corinthian Yacht Club was distinct from the Corinthian Sailing Club. The latter was the old name of the Royal H.K. Yacht Club: resuscitated when an independent club was formed in 1904.