Labour Club A.G.M.

You would expect a Labour Club A.G.M. to stimulate in the indifferent onlooker, the sort of frustration felt by Norman Quirk trying to touch his toes; however the A.G.M. on Wednesday March 31st was of slightly higher than expected quality. The fact that item eleven on the agenda. "Dissipation of Liquid Assets" was moved to items 1(a), 2(a), right through to 10(a), no doubt had something to do with the improvement.

Apologies, minutes, and club accounts, are always a slow and deliberate start, but by 'The Election of Officers" notable Party up and comings were on the way down.

As an indication of good pre-organisation all officers, bar president McKay, were unanimous. It may be noted that Anarchist Lion, Simon Arnold (in deteriorating condition) was making so much noise by 8.45 that his presence was realised by the meeting, which, as a sign of ultimate distaste, elected him to the committee, a move that one could safely say, was not planned by the club hierarchy.

By the time resolutions for setting up of (etc. etc...) a National Labour magazine were above ground, the Anarchist conspiracy was going well. A number of noted party loyals were rather shamefully stoned, to the extent of wasting the working man's beer over each other to the delighted uproar of those present. And the same two indicating to some extent the beast lurking in the. Party's echelons put the notion "that the words 'rape' and 'virginity' be struck from all copies of the club's bulletin."

By this stage, chairman McKay, who was missing out on the grog in his occupation with order, was getting amusingly ropeable; in the battle between chair and floor, the chair was making heavy going of the anarchist trends in party ranks.

At 9.30 the keg was drained, an event followed by the familiar alcoholic withdrawal into silence.

The meeting returned rapidly to the chairman's control and with dreaded bureaucratic rumble, stuffed itself to death.