SAVAGES MEET

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 70, 24 April 1929, Page 2

SAVAGES MEET

>. AXNTAL GATHER1XG OF XAPIEB CLUB. | t PREPARIXG FOR CO^fl.XG SEA- i SOX. I A11 eiitliu.siastie nttondance gatlioie'i for the annual meeting ut the Xapier Savage Cluh liist lliglit wlieu ( "hiot : Savage Dr. J. W. Alellraith preided. The annual report descrilieil ihe jiast year as one oi the most .succes-tul 111 the club's history. Tlm year was knishcd with au liuieased credit : halance. the halanee at tlm hank 110W heing C.'57 llls |d. "There are six ' (Hitstaiiding suhsc-riptioiK. hnt sin e Ihe Looks wero elo-cd tiro of those have hoen eollected," tho report reata rked. The report addcil : -"The member-' ship now stands at 17">. not lin-hidiug 01 chestral memhers, and it is plea.-ing to note that -17 tunv luemh'ers wero 011rclled during the year. "Dnring the scason nieiiihoi- of th1 cinh have visited and supplied ihe ]Uii-granune-s at ihe Hastings Oiplnui-' ( " I ii b. Waipawa Savage Cluh and Sanatornini. and Manawatu Savage C'lnh. At all places tho heartiest oi f weleoine.s was reeeived. The tlianks oi ; the eluhs are due to those lnenihers 1 who so kiudly provideil f-ar- for transpert. "Savage .J. W. f'aigill: This savage.: tho present faiher ot the cluh. was, l>v tlie uuaninioiis tvisli of the 1110111hers. elei-ted a lile nioinher and pre- ' sented with an jtisi-rihcd silver hadge. "Savage C. Roy Sjmckinan : The clu!) iinlortunatcly lo>t tliis very valie-dl ntemher owing to liis removul to Dunedin. Savage Spaeknian was oue of our oldest member.s. and op))ortiinity was takou to present hhn with a gold tiki j as a slight acknowledgment of his j valued serviees to the elub in the past. J Another ineinher lelt us toi' tlie pouti), 1 Savage T. White. and as a parting gift | he reeeived a fountam poi. Savage, White' s romoval from Xapier ereated a vaeaney 011 tlie eoiumittec. and Savage: Steeveiis took his piave on the o.xecutive. "Alu.sieal Direetor: Owing to pres- j Miro of other ditties. Savage Percy ; Tonihs found it necc-ssary to _ resign I iiom tho po.sition of mnsieal direetor,, al'ter seven years' faithlul service, and | your exeeutive has heen fortunale 111 j spcuring the serviees oi Savage \1 . .1 j Fostor," who. we feel satisfied. will, maintain the high standard set hy iiis, piedeeessor. I "Obituary: It i.s willi siucore regret | that vour comniittee have to reeord j the l(i*s by death of Past Sccretary 1 H. X. Taylor. to whose relatives tlie stinpalhy of the membens of the elub! was eonveyed. I "Appreeiation : Tbe eomniittee de- j sires to express its nppveeiation of scr- j viees rcndered to tlie elub hv our hoiiorarv accompani.st. Dr. Sutton, tlie musical direetor, Savage Percy Tombs. aiul tlie membere of tlie orehestra, who liave been to a large extent responsible | toi the succcss of the past season, Also to the manager of the Xapier Gas Company. Savage Piekering, ior kind•y allowing us tlie tisp of tlie company s hc-ard room for liolding our eommitteo meetings." ELF.CTTOX OF OFFTCERS. The eleetion of offieers lor tlie ensti- . ing year resnltcd as follows : — C'hief Savage, Savage A. F. Rcnouf ; vicc- ; pre.sulents, Savages L. Piekering. L. S. j MeClurg, T. A. Ringland and R. J. j Sutton; eomniittee Savages, A. l'k i Bedford. H. Wardell Johnson. P. J. Watts, C. .J. Steeveiis, II. C. Tliomson, | IT. Cotterill and H. S. TT. Hoblhs: 1 honorary conduetor, Savage W. 1 . j Foster ; honorary aceompanist, Savag" I R . 1. Sutton; honorary sccretary and: treasurcr, Savage G. Peake; honorary | anditor, Savage J. Russell: Master j of Ceremonies, Savage S. P. Spillcr. j Votes of tlianks wore acoordcd ihe orehestra for its serviees during tlie past season, and also to tlie honorary aceompanist. Dr. R. I. Sutton.