107 [Meeting of Directors held at the Bradford Hotel May 14th 1913.] Present All the Directors except Mr. Allman. Ritchie The Secretary reported his visit to Falkirk on Saturday last and that whilst Ritchie was a fair player he was not, in his opinion, fit for engagement. Hodge That Hodge was playing quite out of his class and he could not recommend him. Stalker The Secretary was instructed to engage Stalker at a salary of 25/- per week in the summer and 50/- in the winter. Palmer The Secretary read letter from Bristol Rovers F.C. offering to accept £800 clear to them together with the free transfer of W. Murray for the transfer to us of Palmer - he was instructed to offer them Murray and £800 gross for such transfer. King The Secretary reported the state of negotiations hereon, namely, that the Club had agreed to accept £500 clear to them but that the player's demands were exorbitant and that there the matter remained for the present. He also reported that he had recommended the Partick Thistle Club to engage our player Smith and he was instructed to negotiate for the transfer of King up to £800 using Smith as far as possible as part of the purchase money.