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[Meeting held at Exchange Hotel,
Liverpool, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1946]
Present:- Messrs W. C. Gibbins (Chair ); E. Green, C. S. Baxter M. D.,
W. R. Williams, R. E. Searle, C. C., F. W. Lake, J. C. Sharp, & Secy.
Secy. reported that Mr. G. Evans was indisposed.
Minutes of Meeting of 22nd inst., were read
& confirmed.
Finance Receipts reported were:-
Gate v Albion Rovers £708.7.0
Macclesfield Town F.C. Fee re Prescott £100.0.0
Cheques were signed for:-
Customs & Excise Tax £139.13.2
J. R. Thomson } Salaries £39.3.4
J. W. Dickinson} £34.12.0
Theo. Kelly £80.14.0
Commissioners Inland Revenue P.A.Y.E. on above £49.14.0
Theo. Kelly Wages & Xes. £400.0.0
Bank Balance £6.7.7 Cr.
Fenton Reported that the offer of £8,000 had
260 been made, & that according to the Press only,
no further, business was likely.
McMorran Messrs Gibbins & Sharp gave very
260 good reports of this player & reported that the Belfast
Celtic Club had promised to await our decision re-
garding their offer to transfer at a fee of £7,000,
until 7 pm. of this date.
It was noted that the Club had held
a meeting meantime & decided to retract from
their promise with the proviso that we would have
the ultimate first refusal.
Secy. instructed to reply formally to
the letter received on this latter decision.
Dodds (B'pool) Secy. reported that this C. F. could be
