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Things I noticed in reading the first 4/5 Richard Rogers VK7RO Dec 2002
WIA Tasmanian Division Minute books 1924 - 1940
Vol 1 date to date
31/7/26 W Tanner Student member
4/11/26 To publish call book
25/11/26 Motions re supper - 6d lost, 3d won!
6/12/26 To rent room Bank of A'asia L17-5-6 pa inc
power point
16/12/26 7HR to broadcast a concert from the clubrooms
on 23/12/27 7-11pm
25/2/27 PMG advise 8-10, 23, 32-33, 36-37 85-95 metres
1/12/27 lecture with moving pictures about relativity
NB in annual accounts - correpondents fees &
(earlier) exhibition fees provided useful income
Vol 2 28/7/28 - 1/9/31
22/8/28 Cost of WIA convention in Hobart 27-11-3
13/9/28 re TX & RX for clubroom
9/5/29 Appreciation of work done in recent floods by
7DX, 7CW, 7HL, 7BQ, 7CS
20/7/29 AGM Royal Hotel Ltn HQ to Hobart for 12 months
2/10/29 Watkins re Brisbane convention
18/10/29 to rent room 12 Storrs Buildings 66 Liverpool St
at 4/- per week
6/11/29 Field day to be held 1st Dec
7JK to provide transmitter for clubroom
5/3/30 to subscrive to QTC, QST, T&R Bulletin
29/5/30 Proceeds from dance at 7ZL 4-9-0
7DX life member
19/7/30 AGM Arcadia Hotel
4/8/30 Fysh life member
1/6/31 AOPC class to start
18/7/31 AGM Arcadia Hotel
3/8/31 16 ARRL handbooks 5-14-0
Vol 3 7/9/31 - 7/8/34
7/9/31 re late Trevor Watkins 7DX
5/10/31 N Campbell assoc
30/10/31 Devonport Radio Club affiliated
3/11/31 Noticed death of Edison
7/12/31 re AOPC exam
11/1/32 7CW, 7GE 7WM commended for assisting when
Launceston to Melbourne cable broke down
7/3/32 correspondence from Sec NSW Div announcing the
lapse of that division and forming of IRE Aus
22/4/32 six wireless operators of HIJM Squadron to be
entertained
25/5/32 WIA to cordinate 200-250M telephony
14/6/32 IRE not justified in obstructing amateur
activities by ?
5/7/32 Sub standard frequency meter received
23/7/32 AGM Arcadia Hotel
6/9/32 Army Signals Radio Club affiliated VK7SR
correspondence from ARA NSW
5/9/33 Wright member
13/2/34 New clubrooms 97 Collins St
Vol 5 12/5/36 - 15/12/40
12/5/36 57 Eliz St club tx reqd re 200M band
26/5/36 Wright asks for 50W permit
6/6/36 AGM at clubrooms - dinner at Ship Hotel
bank 9-18-3 Vice presidents Bowden [RI] Wood [polly]
14/7/36 some resignations 200M freq allocation 200M after 10.30pm
1/9/36 Vigilance committee formed Bowden explained it
1/12/36 field day proposed 13/12 at Huonville
12/1/37 HQ division to Sydney
2/2/37 club tx now complete large nr outstanding subs
6/4/37 welcome Joy Crowder VK7YL
unsatisfactory financial state liabilities exceed bank balance
N members anxious to secure HQ in Ltn
11/4/37 next AGM in north?
22/4/37 Wright re HQ in Ltn Campbell Town or Ross for AGM?
State HQ should be in capital city
4/5/37 AGM to be in Hbt unfinancial members circularised
9/5/37 Owing to large debit balance deemed inadvisable to present balance
sheet at AGM prop Hobbies exhibition?
5/6/37 AGM HQ to be in Hobart no bal sheet to relinquish room
circularise non meebers
13/6/37 at YMCA Exhib last weekend in Nov inform Model Engg Soc
5/8/37 200M 4 - 5pm withdrawn Sunday and afternoons 5 - 5.45
Treasurer reported that the balance for 1936/37 was 5/-.
11/10/37 N members request input to Fed convention
7/12/37 NSW gove to pay expenses of delegate to Fed conv in 1938
due to NSW sesqui-centenary few lectures recently
5/2/38 downward trend of institute affairs and lack of cooperation
by members
8/3/38 proposed reorganisation of Tas div
Paid only part of per capita fee and AR
29/3/38 cttee to promote social events
3/5/38 visited Ltn & N members dissatisfaction due to delays in AR etc
12/6/38 AGM bal 1-19-3 debts 14-10-7 16-3-6 outstanding subs
7AB surprised meeting by offering N members resolutions regarding HQ
- should be in Ltn N members dissatisfied
the meeting was out of order and the president could not gain control
... in view of Mr Fishers caustic remarks ...
agreed call special general meeting to discuss HQ location
28/6/38 Special mtg HQ in Hobart [no N members present?]
13/9/38 advise personnel of cttee of N Zone
18/10/38 how to conduct N zone... records etsc
13/12/38 7 200M applicants
10/1/39 10/- petty cash to N zone
17/1/39 Wright empowered to reconstruct N zone
14/2/39 read minutes of newly formed N zone
vote of thanks to Col Wright for services rendered
14/4/39 prop 7WI at Ltn R & Elec Exhibition 10/5/39
letter from N zone re AGM & dinner
move afoot to amend constitution
30/5/39 restrictions to be imposed on amateurs?
4/7/39 Spec gen mtg move to amend contitution minutes incomplete
17/9/39 at Fire station war started how keep inst going? 56MCs?
20/10/40 Spec gen no meetings held appointed trustees
reorganise after war
WIA Tas Div Account Book 6/11/25 - 28/5/36
17/11/25 sales QST
10/11/25 7WI lic fee 1-1-0
18/12/25 HREC affiliation fee
8/3/26 sales Radio Broadcast
23/8/26 receipts from exhibition L30
12/11/26 correspondents fees 3mth 4-17-6
1/12/26 rent Bank A'asia 1-9-8
2/2/27 call books ex Daily Telegraph cost L9 only received 5-13-6
27/6/27 IARU dues for 25 members 5-3-9 fed WI capitation fee L2
15/11/27 L'ton Radio Experimenters Club cr bce transferred 2-8-0
30/10/28 transmitting lic 1-0-0
1928 subs full 1-1-0 assoc 10/6 student 5/- country (full) member 10/6
20/7/29 Smoke social cost L5 rcvd 2-12-0
4/9/29 cost move Ltn --> Hbt 2-6-1
2/10/29 rent Burdon 1-1-8 rent Storr 17/4
6/11/29 lic fee 7WI 1-10-0
12/1/32 Hydro Elec Dept
5/4/32 Hydro Elec Comm
8/9/32 WI Vic frequency meter L3
2/9/31 R Buring AOPC class 4-10-0
21/3/34 rent Park 1-14-8 [Collins St]
21/8/35 rent Burdon 1-10-0
Deposits 1926 43 1927 100 1928 78 1929 45 1930 55 1931 57 1932 47
1933 52 1934 49 1935 67 1936 54