The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-04-04 00:00:00

WEYMOCI2`H ROWING CLUB.

The annual meeting of this club wee held at the Build.
hall on Wednesday evening. where there was • large attend.
anon, consisting to a great extent of young roes, many of
whom were not members of as old olob, sod were datums
ot forming the club upon a bona Toe Mayor was
....wird to prom* but Mr. Howard Bowen explained
that he was tumble to be present in oonsequeste of having
been engaged out of town. Mr. Hivriand Thom.. mu
voted to the chair, on the MUM of Mr. Bennett. Jan.
(Orowe Hotel.)
This CM11111.4111 regretted very much that the bootie(
club, which was one of the most essential and beet sup-
ported amusements in the town, aboald have fallen into
such • °wattles. He took • great lateness In the club an
Its embed Inagua but be steamed iiimissif from its
management fora considerable time, beams he found
there were wean who erreented • sceittea which they
bad no right to own_ ,py and took heats when they had no
right t• do so. H. had also held himself yeeponsible with
others for the payment of the rent sad repairs of the
boat-boassi ; but he had learnt within the last 48 ilOllll
that the documents oonnected with the boat-h.nses had
been taken away from Mama illot's beak. where they
had been lodged for eicerity. to another bank, gad be
understood that money had been raised upon them. To
his mind that was • very wrong state of Wags, and he
hoped it would be satlsfactorily =platted before WI
meeting terminated. He apprehended that the old club
had enßreir twoltsw
Mr. Pots, on the IMMO' of the old dub, reed the
balance sheet for the pest year, from which it appeared
that the club oonsuseticied the year with • balance doe to
the treasurer of .041 7s. NA Only seven members had
joined this year, but, in stonesqueece of the boat-house
being elated, their mousy was returned. Elie Fraieric
Joluistene bad paid Isis bosomy anbeaiption of
SA, and WOMB other honorary members had Ma
their subscriptions, and he had received altogether
/f 6 17s. fld. from boomer, members. He read the items
of expenditure for the year, which amounted to ni lia.
and alter deducting the amount of the honmary
auhscrip• ions, the balsam to the bad would be increased
by Lit 161. 61.. so that the tote' lialttllties at the
me were 1.416 3t. Hit He did not know t=e2 en time l
treasurer be wee called upon to per 1.40 or IN if the
club had none to mods to the bed, and when boy had
the four new boats • cheque had to be sent to South'
mapton for £5l. He thee asked .hot the Okairsiin
wood have dose under In. circumstances but
t take the lease to the beak. The alai was done in oalo'
mitten sad Kr. Groves and himealf went to the beak end
the mosey was &drafted on the lease to per for the toms.
Mr. Groves and he collimated between All and no &Ito
mother to beep the false floating. The balance to the bed
was owing to the bank, which looked to him for the
MOW. If Kr. Thome imbed that a mortgage, that was
the stets of thlusa
The Chternman thought this bed no right to pledge the
writings of the club. Hs was Pr of the foer trustees of
the host-hones and responsible for one fourth part of the
"mgr. androut, sad be thought he ought to have been
consulted in the metser. He was. however, willies t let
bygones be bygones, sad If they could see their way to
rftstabileit the dab in fen reeiskis eett viewer be would
be vorrdirl (Animal

UM.
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Bzmirrt add UM at the sawasaaa at a great
muster of gestietnis, many of whose were present, he
would mon • resoluta:et, via ..*—" That the rides which
had bitheeto ban In force In the club be semedert." He
need not far Into thri matter to show why they should
he ed. They hada t been sa•isfact nry. Mr. Bennett
then reed the proposed rules. wh.ch hr mid were mainly
bared upon those of the Torou It 'wing Club, which Lad
mon in force man, years, and hal worked remota' ly
well. He suggested that • email entranc. Is, 0. 2,. 64.
should be pal. to meet the expense. of trusts,,lei,
ro reel, to Mr. T. H. Grove*, Mr. Hessen add the
Torquay etch was • private one.
Mr. Onoviet observed that the Weymouth club was
• public ono, ant he thought th-, Gutalde puhite, win., bad
supported the °MA by their sutecriptions, ought to he
consulted before the property was taken away from the
old club
thought the meeting well representel the
paNic or toe t own, and h did not think the publi- hot
soy more Sr be c rusidered in ths matter than that
Publ.. ire Alga. (Lupien...)
Mr. FOWLS had sot the mighlent doubt that if the Mob
were re-constituted on the proposed barns It could be
atrried oe ter more elferetnally taw it had bees. (Lo-
ping...)
Mr. sores thonsh t the 014 rules would do very well if they
co I only enforce them. and it would b. better to refer
the n.a rut-s to • jot committee of the new members
ltd the ..11 rule, wit, could report at • future rueeting.
IV NAPOLI mud when he eta Cepteau of the club he
oilerted to the pear • ke of beeching °eta as it was drift-
ms from the onion .1 purpose cri the slut., which was that
yOUtie men oho .14 prectice Is th • b sod c .mpate from
time t tune with oth 1' places of Impgrtauce. The club
had
w,,n14 be (nt • lee "N ..*) H. scold be sla4 to ere aor
club intarted upon a new bee,. inntlreli, hut th y sheuld
underrated the reapon hello. they wry, undertaking.
Hs •wasa,twd wrath., ic w •sit at be better to here a
at -bine. of throe. °Damao i a the club before wooing
fu.r.therin the matter..

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lir. • 'MA thought till proposed t ules wore lovich better
theft he 01 loast.. watch bad b•asl %tiara al,osetber.
Mr. Bcireirrr tit-a rva • 1.4 of 44 ones of pe sus who
bad prolate-4 to joinf the club was 4.tatol eh. don a fresh
hairs, oat Or • other wawa • er, a dal is the room
/O'er some loaner discus. it,
Mr. 8 prop° .ed iblthe rules which bat hitherto
sea in fore. re the mob he aratioded.
Mr. FAIR •T swam d
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Mr Beasett's moUoa wee pat and curried. Ind, after
farther &seamier', it wee rewired tnat the meettog be
adj mused for a week ia order t 4 receive • report from the
joist emaraittem