Whitehaven Gazette January 21st 1897 Workings Men's Reading Room

Workings Men's Reading Room

Whitehaven Gazette - January 21st 1897

WORKING MEN'S READING ROOM. The members of this institute held their half yearly meeting on Thursday. Mr. E. BURROW (president) took the chair, and referred in congratulatory terms to the success attained by the institute during the last six months. £20, he said, had been spent in renovating the rooms, and this explained that fact that they had such a slight balance to carry to the present half year's account. The secretary (Mr. John LANCASTER) reported that the membership remained unchanged, and that affiliation with the West Cumberland Billiard and Whist league Associations had been renewed. After payment of expenses, they had a balance in hand of 4s  3  1/2 d., the receipts having amounted to £82 16s 3 1/2d. (inclusive of a balance of £19 12s 10d. brought from the previous account.) The following were the elected committee men, the figures in brackets representing the number of votes each received: - T. BURROW (33) B. FIDLER(33) E. M'CONN (31) John FIDLER (29) William ROBERTS (29) John BURNYEAT (28) Jonathan PORTER (28) H. SHACKLEY (28) T. WILLIAMSON (29) T. H. ACHURCH (24) Henry FISHER (22) Joseph HARRISON (21) William M'DONALD and R. O'NEIL tied for the 13th position, each receiving 20 votes. R. O'NEIL was finally elected by a majority of six votes. Mr. John LANCASTER was re-appointed secretary, and Mr. W. BROWN, treasurer. The auditors, Messrs. Charles SINCLAIR and John KEARNEY, were also re-elected. The papers and magazines were sold during the evening by Mr. WALTON to whom a vote of thanks was passed for his services.

 

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