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porary club house to the North of the cricket ground is in the air and will receive. the earnest con- sideration of the incoming com mitted,

As an alternative, extensive re pairs will soon have to be put in hand to this building and possibly

RESTORATION OF GOLD

ANDARD ADVOCATED.

Osaka, Sept. 17. The steady march of the yen to- ward par is attracting general at- tention here. Since the beginning of the year the advance has amounted to five dollare. The ap preciation has revived the advo

an extra wing bulita.cacy of the immediate restoration. In connexion with the con- of the gold standard but experta certs and dances held during the of the opinion that the Govern

ment probably will wait till pag. year a vote of thanks is due to the has been actually reached and entertainments committee.

gustained by favourable trade be- During the year we have lost fore taking action-Reuter. Y several old members whose deaths" we deeply deplore.

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Accounts.

flocked to this club every year, phy ing members increased, subscrip tions Increased so that he thought it a poor excuse that the former years were boom years,

Dealing with income he said bar profts showed a big turnover, bigger than last year, showing in on purchases. It fact 28% pc.

should show about 28 p.c. Instead of 18 p.c. on sales and 32 p.c. instead of 281⁄2 on purchases. That would have fncreased their profit

Turning now to the account, your committee regrets this year to have to show a small loss on working. Our income for the year is some $500 less than in the provious, year while our expendi taro has fecreased by over $1500. On the income side the bar has not shown an altogether satisfactory return although our turnover was actually larger than in 1925. In this connexion I will only say that

to well over $6,000. He had been the job of convener of bar com-informed that the Club bought its mittee is an onerous and thankless stocks from Chinese firms but whed, one and should not be taken on bhe was in charge they always anyone who is not prepared to bought from well established Euro devote a great deal of time and

pean firms. and they gave every trouble to it.

satisfaction. When they thought of building a clubhouse then they issued debentures and these frus took up wads of them. He thought the policy of buying from Chinese Arms was foolish. (Henr, hear).

The only other item on the in come side which shows a decreas is the Christmas draw on which we made $124 profit as compared with $471 in the previous year.

On the expenditure side a large

On the question of expenditure number of items show increase, the first item of $1,600 for. "Entertainment," is up by pearly entertainmenta hit him in the eye. $400 owing to the greater He thought it was far too much, number of matches, especially It equalled their entrance fees for cricket matches; played and the year. He thought the com. the decision of your committee mitted had been grossly extrava- that the Club ghould bear the coatgant and he recommended them to of visitors' tifins. But I think that wash out pink chits. They were. no one will grudge this increase abused, some members using them which has merely enhanced the to pay for their own drinks. He Club's reputation for hospitality. had seen them do it. (Laughter), But at the same time care should be exercised by those in charge of pink chits.

The Club should only pay for teas. If a man was playing for the club and was a sportsman he should look after the visitors as

Wages are also up by nearly $400, a sign of the times. And the necessary disbursements on re-his guests. pairs, a fluctuating item, have been heavier than in 1925.

Expenditure on gear is up by over $600 but the high figure of $1,714 is due to the heavy writing down of the value of Club. gear auch, as tennis nets etc., which though still in use are only worth perhaps a tenth of their original value.

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The expenditure on cricket gear: Is up by $200. Bad debts are up by about $250 but considering the difficult times of the 1st year and the size of our membership think you will agree that $449 is not high.

Wages he saw took $450 a month which was too much." They ought to do it on $800. "Bad debts were deplorable. Presentations cost $663 and he thought they should. be squashed. He could not con- gratulate the officials and com- mittee on the working for the past year.

Other. Items.

The Hon. Treasurer (Mr. F. G. Herridge), said the presentation account included a bonus to "the Chinese staff at the New Year and holders for bouquets to ladies who presented prizes."

was $221 strike concession?

The children's sports again

Mr. C. Bond said he thought which had in previous years been the bar profits should be at least self supporting owing to the

40 p.c. The committee this year generosity of subscribers this year must have been very slack. What cost the club $450 an expenditure which I feel that no one will grudge. At the same time it is regrettable that the 1926 sports should have cost us so much and I would appeal to members to sub- | scribe more liberally in order to en- able us to continue our annual treat to the kiddies on the same lines as heretofore.

The Hon. Treasurer said this was paid to the Club servants be- cause they stayed, during the. strike.

Mr. Bond replied that they did in other clubs and got.ne gratuity.

The chairman said there had been, some pungent criticisms which, were undoubtedly largely justified. As the president he was partly responsibile and took

Against these and other increases the committee have saved $200 on general expenses and over $300 on stationery and have not found this, share of the blame. He put necessary to allow so much for de- preclition of club house, ladies' pavilion and furniture.

Turning to our balance sheet I need only remark that our reserve still stands at over $33,000.

Mr. Lindsell then proposed the adoption of the report and ac- counts; and Mr. E. Abraham seconded

Criticism.

The chairman said careful note of the criticism would be taken. for the guidance of the incoming committee,

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Mr. Brawn then proposed in fu- ture the Club should deal entirely with European firms. This was seconded and carried unanimously. He also proposed that pink chits be abolished and this also was se conded and carried unanimously. A third motion from him was that the incoming

committer should consider means by which

Mr. A. O. Brawn said he last criticised the Club's balance sheet in 1910, 16 years ago, and regretted to have to do so again. He hoped it would meet with the same bene- ficial result. Under the heading they could reduce wages. This

of finance the committee considered was also carried.

the working of the Club satisfac

tory. He entirely disagreed. .... Ia

Oficers for the year were then

1921 and 1922. he was Vice-Pre-elected as follows:

sident of the Club and chairman

President Mr. R. E, Lindsells

of committee. In 1921 he had vice-president, Mr. D. Abraha

excellent secretary and they show-

ed a profit of $5,500. In 1922 they captain, Mr. J. C. Lyal; vice-cap- made $7,000. Last year the proût taln, Mr. F. Goodwin, hon, secre was $1,600, and this year there was Lary, Mr. S. E. Green; hon. trea a loss of nearly $500. It was surer, Mr. F. G. Herridge. really about $1,500 in one sense General coramittee, Moasra. because they had spent $1,000 on Goodwin, Overy, Lammert, Gibson, past savings.

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