CLUB NOTICES

I. Addresses

All communications for the Hon. Secretary and the Hon. Librarian should be addressed as in the notice printed on page 108.

II. Library

A gift of some hundred volumes on mountaineering has been made to the Club under a bequest from the late Mr. Augustus A. Vlasto of Ralli Brothers. The executors of Mr. Vlasto's name defrayed the expense of dispatching these books from England to Simla in order to save the Himalayan Club all expense in the matter. The Library list of books is being amended accordingly.

III. Equipment

Requests for equipment should be addressed either to A. H. d'A. Willis, Esq., c/o Place Siddons & Gough, 6 Lyons Range, Calcutta, or A. R. Leyden, Esq., c/o Allied Photographies Ltd., 193 Hornby Rd., Bombay.

IV. Journal

Articles and papers for inclusion in the Club Journal should be addressed to the Honorary Editor, Himalayan Club, Crosstrees, Lymington, Hants.

V. Appointments

The following changes have taken place among the Club Officers:

Vice-President: A. R. Leyden, vice J. B. Morrison.

Hon. Secretary: A. Percy Lancaster, vice A. F. Clark.

Hon. Treas.: J. S. H. Shattock, vice J. B. Shearer.

Hon. Sec., Eastern Section: A. C. Hartley.

Hon. Editor: H. W. Tobin, vice C. W. F. Noyce.

Hon. Asst. Editor: Mrs. Joan Townend.

Local Sec.: Chumba: J. S. H. Shattock.

Local Sec.: Darjeeling: T. J. Hardingham.

C. R. Cooke, Vice-President, and J. B. Shearer, Honorary Treasurer, who elected to serve in Pakistan, have moved to Karachi.

VI. Change of Address

Will members please notify new addresses to the Honorary Secretary? Responsibility for non-delivery cannot be taken in the case of members who fail to do this.

Our thanks are due to all those members who functioned as Office-bearers during the busy years of the war. In particular we would like to thank Captain Noyce for his Editorship in 1946, and Major Clark for carrying on the onerous duties of Honorary Secretary, which he so ably performed from 1941 to 1946.

Bombay Section: A local section of the Himalayan Club was formed at Bombay on the 2nd July 1946 at a meeting presided over by Mr. A. R. Leyden. The response was encouraging and we hope that the movement will prosper.

Kenya Mountain Club of East Africa: The Honorary Secretary of this Club has drawn our attention to their permanent address, which is P.O. Box 1831, Nairobi, Kenya. The Kenya Mountain Club offers its willing assistance and advice to members of the Himalayan Club.

Crest for Club Note-paper: A crest for use on all official letters of the Club has been designed by Mr. C. R. Cooke. It consists of the letters H.C. superimposed upon an outline of the Chorten seen on the way to the Rongbuk glacier below Mount Everest. Pads of two sizes will shortly be available, on payment, from the Honorary Secretary.

VII. Transfer of Club Headquarters

Minutes of an Emergency General Meeting of the Club held on 21 st November 1947.

Present:

M. W. Yeatts, Esq., C.S.I., G.I.E., I.G.S.: President.

Sir Alan Lloyd, G.S.I., G.I.E., I.C.S.: Member.

Col. G. H. Osmaston, M.C.: Equipment Officer.

B. K. Guha, Esq.: Member.

F. B. Blomfield, Esq.: Member.

A. Percy Lancaster, Esq.: Hon. Secretary.

Mr. Yeatts was in the Chair.

The meeting discussed the position of the Club in the light of changes due to the transfer of officers from Delhi. It was decided that, subject to the consent of the Eastern Section, the Headquarters of the Club should be transferred to Calcutta in view of the growing paucity of members in Delhi who are able to undertake the duties of office-bearers and members of the Committee.
The President expressed his willingness to remain in office pending the election of a President from amongst members resident in Calcutta.
The meeting recommended that a further general meeting of the Club be held in Calcutta at an early date to elect a Secretary and Treasurer for the Club as a whole in place of the present incumbents in Delhi.
It was decided, again subject to the consent of the Eastern Section, to transfer the Library and records and all but a small nucleus of the equipment to Calcutta. Colonel Osmaston kindly undertook to arrange for the transportation of the books, records, and equipment.
In anticipation of point 3 above being agreed to, the meeting authorized the present President at his discretion to instruct the bank as to who shall operate the Accounts of the Club.
Colonel Osmaston undertook to hold the position of Honorary Secretary vice Mr. Lancaster until the transfer to Calcutta is effected.

A. P. Lancaster
B. Honorary Secretary

new delhi

November 194J

NOTICE

Delhi is the natural Headquarters for the Himalayan Club, but one effect of recent events has been to reduce the number of members stationed there below the figure necessary for the various offices of the Club. It has therefore been decided to transfer Headquarters for the present. Equipment will be stored at Bombay and Calcutta. The Library will remain in New Delhi.

The position will be reviewed in the light of future developments.

From the Date of this notice communications to the Club should be as follows (P.O. Box No. 291, New Delhi, will be closed from 1st February 1948):

President: M. W. Yeats, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., I.C.S., 11 York Road, New Delhi.

Librarian: J. L. Bhatnagar, Esq., c/o Army Headquarters Officers' Library, South Block, New Delhi.

Hon. Secretary: W. E. Murphy, Esq., United Service Club, Calcutta.

Hon. Treasurer: F. H. V. Scrimgeour, Esq., c/o Duncan Bros., Calcutta.

Equipment: A. H. d'A. Willis, Esq., (in Calcutta) c /o Place Siddons & Gough, 6 Lyons Range, Calcutta.

Equipment: A. R. Leyden, Esq., (in Bombay) c/o Allied Photographies Ltd., 193 Hornby Road, Bombay.

G. H. Osmaston, Colonel,
Honorary Secretary,
Himalayan Club.

new delhi

1 st January 1948

Publication: A pamphlet by C. R. Cooke, on the nailing and oiling of boots, has been published by the Club. Copies are available from the Equipment Officer, free to members, 4 annas a copy to the public.

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