Snippets From The Past

Snippets From The Past

Extracts from minutes of committee and special general meetings 2nd march, 1939 

In finalising the rules and regulations governing the running of the new golf club, the following was approved:

Subscriptions
The annual subscription for membership shall be such sums as the committee may from time to time determine, but until otherwise determined by the committee, shall be as follows:- ordinary members (men) £8 8 0 per annum lady members £2 12 6

Membership roll
The men membership of the club shall not exceed 350, except as provided for in rule 20 hereof, exclusive of country, temporary and associate members, and also absentee members domiciled outside the province of the Transvaal; the lady membership shall not exceed 150, exclusive of country and temporary members; the country membership shall not exceed 100 men.

Deposit
The deposit of one guinea submitted with the application for membership shall form part of the entrance fee, if any, or of the annual subscription of any candidate elected to membership; such deposit shall not bear interest.

Forfeit of deposit
In the event of a candidate not being elected a member of the club, or should the candidate withdraw his or her name, the committee shall have the right to retain the deposit of one guinea referred to in rule 7 hereof.