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The Magazine of the Rover Owners’ Club,
New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory.Proudly associated with: Council of Motor Clubs. Association of British Car Clubs. Council of ACT Motor Clubs
Registered by Australia Post as Print Post Publication No. PP 255003/0141
Registered with the National Library of Australia. ISSN 2206-2963.
April 2017
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Freewheeling. ISSN 2206– 2963
PresidentWarwick Ravell
Vice President/ClubCaptain
Nick Munting
SecretaryWarren Mc Ewen
TreasurerRichard Dalziel
RegistrarThea Shearman
EditorKen Dunkley
Web masterRob Turner
For a full list of all positions including phone num-bers, see the back pages of this magazine.
The ROC welcomes,
Rod Rehorek.Rod has a grey 1970 P5B Coupe..
Cover PhotosFront Cover;The ROC team at Clean Up Australia Day. PaulAnley also participated but had to leave beforethe photo was taken.
Back CoverBlack P4 newly acquired by Ray Wilks.
President’s CommentsI think it is safe to put away your gumboots, rain coats and snor-kelling equipment. I hope none of you were seriously affectedby the recent inundation of water. I have had to make modifica-tions to my roof gutters so we can cope with future heavy falls.
I trust your visit to the Gosford Motor Museum was a very satis-fying experience. I think it requires more than one visit to takein what they have on display. This museum is nice and handy toSydney, the Central Coast and Newcastle. The morning tea stopat Pie in the Sky was a good move… it puts one in a good moodfor the rest of the day, and allows the cars to drive at a sensiblespeed without the high volume of traffic on the M1.
Apart from the RoverNet events, the ROC Social Events Boardat the General Meeting lists many events in which our club has aspecial interest. It is worth following these events so you canplan well in advance which ones you are able to attend.
There are many locations available for the National MotoringHeritage Day on Sunday 21 May. This will allow each memberto be involved at a convenient location without having to travellong distances. All locations have a wide variety of cars on dis-play which makes the day more interesting.A particularly interesting run, in which our club has participat-ed for many years is the ROVER, ALVIS, ARMSTRONG -SIDDELEY and DAIMLER combined clubs outing. This yearit involves a pleasant run up to Wiseman’s Ferry where we willbe having lunch at Bushby’s Café. This will be on 9 th Ju-ly, so book-in early as there is a limit of 50 people at the cafe.Refer to RoverNet for details.
Last but not least…. Our AGM is fast approaching and this re-quires some serious thought for the future prosperity of our club.Our club is growing steadily with a well managed committeeguiding us through very exciting times. In May, a few of theexisting committee will be stepping aside after several years ofservice.
Please enjoy the club’s progress as part of the team by offeringYOUR service to make our club, thethriving Car Club we all enjoy.
In the meantime, enjoy driving yourROVER.
Warwick.
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Every time I turn on the news I hear the government saying the country is in grave danger of losing its Triple A CreditRating. Quite frankly, I do not know what this means; but apparently if we lose it, it is likely that the world will cometo an end.You rest comfortably at night in the secure knowledge that the Rover Owners’ Club has scored a QUADRUPLE ERATING in 2017.What, I hear you ask, is a Quadruple E rating?
Well, again on the first Sunday in March, a band of dedicated Rover Owners’ Club members joined with the Rolls
Royce Club and members of Rotary (that makes four R’s; get it?) to clean up Putney Park. And E is for environment.
The park is a credit to the local council, and looked quite presentable at the start, but when you look closely, there isalways plastic bags, bits of paper, bottles and aluminium cans hidden under bushes. Just how much effort does it taketo walk a few meters and put stuff in a bin in the first place?
ROC Vice President/ Club Captain and organiser for the day, Nick Munting, had some of those pick up stick things andthese proved very useful in reaching under bushes to get paper and bags. Of course in the preceding days, it had rainedquite heavily and so the bushes were wet and the stick “picker uppers” saved us getting wet and walking through spiderwebs.Despite the good start, by the end of the morning we had a VERY impressive collection of bags of rubbish or recycla-
ble material. Look at the photos with this article to see just what we achieved.‘Many hand make light work’ they say and with the Rotary people out in force we had the place looking spick and spanby about 10:30. That gave us time to have a chat, some morning tea (got to keep things in perspective) and just to ‘susout ‘ the cars there.
There were no exciting finds this time; (like a V8 engine block found the first time we went ). A single shoe thatlooked fairly good was one find this time. It is thought that the Rotary people found another one so maybe we couldhave made a pair, but we just threw them both out. Bottle tops were a common find. Maybe somebody could invent abottle top that degrades into compost; that would be useful.
Putney Park is quite a pleasant place with views of the Rivercat cruising up and down the Parramatta River and over-head there is steady stream of helicopters and float planes. One helicopter had what looked like a big camera on theskid so maybe we will all be on the TV news. Several families were setting up children’s parties in the shelter sheds,so I hope they leave the place as clean as we did.If you have never been to Putney Park on the north side of the Parramatta River, just down stream from Ryde, it isworth a visit for a few hours out. Look at the clean park, which has lots of trees, children’s play equipment and plentyof space, be impressed by the cleanliness and just enjoy the lovely view across the river.
If you do go, just remember it now has scored a quadruple E rating.
: ඍ2 ඊගඉඑඖ$4 ඝඉඌකඝඔඍE 5ඉගඑඖඏText and photos by Ken Dunkley.
Rolls andRoyce
Rover
Rotary.
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Rover Owners’ Club members who participate in Clean Up Austral-ia Day at Putney Park were
Nick MuntingKen DunkleyBruce DuncanAndrew HollandNeil & Heather ClissoldPaul AnleyMark Nelson
They were joined by several members of the Rolls Royce club includingDavid and Linda Neely
The "haul"’ for the day was 23 bags of rubbish weighing around150-180kgs
Wheels Australian Capital Territory.The Wheels display was held in the ACT recently. There was an abundance of cars on display. ACT member ChrisForsey sent the photos on this page and the next. This is just a small sample of what was on display.
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A Gentleman Does Not Motor About After DarkJoseph Lucas.1834—1903
Complied by Ken Dunkley from information supplied by Nick Munting
I suspect the second most ignored thing on a car; is the head lights. After tyres, we do not take much notice of headlights. We turn a switch and they come on. If they do not we go to the local auto parts place and buy a bulb and thatgenerally fixes it. Well after the March General Meeting, I believe we all have a new appreciation of lights and bulbs.Let’s just jump aside for moment. There seems to be a never enduing stream of jokes about LUCAS. No point of re-
peating them here. You have probably heard them anyway. But the truth about Joseph Lucas is really quite inspiring. Atthe March meeting, Nick Munting kicked of the presentation with the following about Joseph.
Several years before the election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency of the United States, Joseph Lucas was an unem-ployed father of six children who had to make ends meet by selling paraffin oil from a cart around local Birminghamstreets. With six mouths to feed he was a tireless worker and he soon had saved up enough money to start the businessthat would become Lucas Industries in 1860. Most of the small firm’s products were made from pressed metals like plantpots, gardening tools and water buckets. His son, Harry, joined the business in 1872 when he turned 17 and soon thecompany began to make lamps for ships out of a shop called the Lamp Works. By 1879, oil fired bicycle lamps joined theproduct line-up and greater success followed this move towards making more advanced lighting fixtures for civilian andmaritime usage. The business incorporated at the turn of the century and began to trade under the name Joseph LucasLtd., with most of the business centred on the burgeoning field of paraffin and petroleum fired lamps. 1902 was the firstyear that the company began to make automotive components – mainly small electrical components – and by the newyear, business was so good that Lucas took time off for a long European vacation. • A hard and tireless worker, Lucashad long abstained from alcohol and that doomed him when he contracted typhoid after drinking contaminated water inNaples. He was buried on January 14, 1903.• At the time of his death, Donald Healey was a child, Triumph was making bicycles and Lord Nuffield (William Morris)had just opened his garage in Oxford.Substantial growth happened on the cusp of WorldWar I when the company entered into an agreement tosupply Morris Motors Limited with electrical equip-ment – mainly magnetos, starter motors, horns, light-ing and wiring – and throughout the war Lucas manu-factured shells, fuses and electrical equipment for thewar effort. When peace arrived the company began togrow and diversify by making braking components,hydraulic systems and electronic engine controls.• An exclusive contract with Austin was signed in1926, and while other companies struggled with thedepression, Lucas acquired several competitors in-cluding Girling, Rotax and Vandervell.
Lucas was integral to the war effort in World War IIwith their automotive electrical systems adapted foruse in almost every manner of UK military vehicle andthey took a major role with ROVER, working on thefuel and combustion systems on the Whittle jet enginefor the Gloster E28/39 (the first British jet airplane tofly).• In the 50s, the company continued to supply automo-tive electrical components and also moved into thenew field of semiconductors. For much of the 50s and60s, Lucas automotive components were the worldstandard and found use in cars as diverse as Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Aston-Martin, Rover, Austin, MG andTriumph.• Lucas actually built components that were simple,durable, easy to repair and reliable.What happened? Dudley Bennet and Nick Munting
with a display of Lucas Lights andBulbs.
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• Well, simply put the passage of time didn’t assist Lucas. When the early, now classic, cars were new they were as reli-able as any other new car – including the electrical systems – but decades of use, storage and a succession of previousowners whose understanding of electrical systems was limited to screwing in light bulbs have taken a toll on the reputa-tion of Joseph Lucas and his later products.
• Curse his ghost if you must, but the man was long dead before any of our beloved cars were built.
• If only he had opted for a nice chianti maybe he would have been around long enough for us to make fun of him forgood reason.
Club member Dudley Bennet then displayed and talked about his very large collection of Lucas lights. There were 26different lights on display. Lights which looked identical had different patterns in the glass. Some have “Made in Eng-land” cast into the glass while apparently identical lights have “Made in Australia” cast into the glass. Many are rareand with rareness comes value. If you have any old lights in the garage do not throw them out before you check on theirvalue.I was also surprised to learn that the wrong combination of bulb and light assembly can be very very poor in illuminat-ing anything. So it is vital that you use the correct bulb in any light.Coloured glass was another feature of some lights. Those with yellow glass actually look quite classy. And some spot-lights are really very heavy.
Dudley made an interesting point. The first thing he looks at in a classic car is the headlights. If the owner/restorer hastaken the trouble to use the correct lights for the period then it is very likely they will have taken the same care with restof the car. So be warned. Make sure you have the correct lights for your classic car. He has also noted different lightsof each side of a car. I am sure I will be looking more carefully at lights henceforth.
The 2018 National Rove.For all you need to know
andExpression of Interest forms
seelast months Freewheeling
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Our ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING will be held after the May Meeting on Wednesday 24 th of Mayat the Veteran Car Club Hall, 134 Queens Road, Five dock. All positions will be declared vacant and anyfinancial member can nominate for any role.
Please note that certain roles require a proposer & and a seconder. In the case of several nominations, avote of the members will be required. At their first meeting, the new committee appoints other roles. Sohere is your chance to nominate someone for a committee role or, in fact, why not ask someone to nomi-nate you. Nominations need to be received at the Club’s Post Office Box by Tuesday 9 th May 2017.
The Management Committee meets every month todiscuss a number of issues affecting the club. ThePresident chairs these meetings and minutes are kept.The Club’s Rules requires that the Management Com-mittee consists of the office bearers of the Club(President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, andRegistrar), plus at least three ordinary members of theclub.
The Management Committee encompasses the followingroles:
President. The President chairs the monthly generalmeeting as well as the monthly committee meeting. Thepresident is the spokesperson for the club and keeps aneye on strategic issues.
Vice President/Club Captain. Works closely with thePresident regarding the day-to-day running of the clubbut is also responsible for the various events held duringthe year. Chairs meetings in the President’s absence.
Treasurer. Manages the flow of funds and works close-ly with the President to maintain control over our Club’sbudget. Prepares the club’s Business Activity Statementeach quarter, and maintains the club bank accounts.
Secretary. Responsible for the accurate recording of theminutes of each general meeting as well as the committeemeetings. Also produces and distributes the committeemeeting agenda. Responsible with the Public Officer torender the annual return to the State Government.
Registrar. Maintains the membership records for theclub. Provides a mailing list to the printer each month.May, in association with the postage officer, send materi-al to new and prospective members.
In addition to the Office-Bearers four committee posi-tions are to be elected
Editor. Our regular magazine is the work of the editorwho sets out the magazine and emails it to the webmasterfor electronic distribution to all members with an emailaddress. The editor is responsible for content and to en-sure it reflects the ethos of the club.
Librarian. Maintains the Club’s extensive library andencourages members to use the material we hold.
Public Officer. The Public Officer is not an elected of-ficer of the club, but a person appointed by the Manage-ment Committee to fulfil a statutory role. Recently, theTreasurer has been the Public Officer, which means he/she is the officer responsible for the club’s statutory af-fairs, including submitting GST and Income Tax Returnsto the Australian Tax Office and the Annual Return to theNSW Office of Fair Trading.
Club Webmaster. Maintains the club’s web site to in-form members and non-members of the clubs activities,and distributes the monthly magazine, Freewheeling, byelectronic distribution to all members with an email ad-dress.
Sub Committee Roles.There is a number of important roles that help run theclub and these are known as the Sub Committee posi-tions. They may attend the committee meetings orreport to an individual member of the managementcommittee instead who can take their reports forwardas needed. These roles form the backbone of the club,as they are responsible for items that are the very es-sence of the club. If you would like one of these rolesplease let the secretary know.The Sub-Committee positions are : Area Convenors,Club Plates, Club Shop, CMC Representative, Associ-ation of British Car Clubs Representative, EquipmentOfficer, Publicity Officer, Postage Officer,Vehicle Archivist, Club Spares.
Rover Owners’ Club Inc.ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING 2017.
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Area Convenors. These members organise activities in theirlocal area. They act as the clubs representatives in their area.
Club Plates Officer. Maintains records of the holders ofclub plates. Ensure club plate holders are aware of their re-sponsibilities.
Club Shop Officer. Arranges stock of a number of items tobe available to members. These range from stickers to poloshirts.
CMC Representative. Takes our view to meetings of theCouncil of Motor Clubs as well as keeping us informed onwhat is happening in the veteran/classic car area.
All British Representative. Takes our view to meetings ofthe ABCC as well as keeping us informed on what is happen-ing in the veteran/classic car area.
Equipment Officer. Keeps a record of the clubs assets.Over the years tools and other items have vanished. TheEquipment Officer does not store the equipment but keeps arecord of where assets are held.
Postage Officer. Distribution of the monthly magazine tomembers is by electronic means to all those who have anemail address. A small number of magazines is still requiredto be distributed by normal post and the postage officer ar-ranges printing of these using a memory stick (or similar)provided by the editor and them mails them as required usinga mailing list provided by the registrar.
Publicity Officer. Keeps the clubs profile high in the appro-priate areas. Makes certain the public knows about our activ-ities such as Clean Up Australia Day and our Display Day bypreparing Press Releases and the like.
Vehicle Archivist. Club members have many varied cars.The archivist keeps a record of who owns which car and rec-ords when cars are bought or sold. Records of other interest-ing vehicles may also be kept.
Club Spares Officer. Keeps a record of the spares availableto club members. Receives and actions enquires from clubmembers and non-club members. Sets a price on spares thatare sold and arranges dispatch of sold items to buyers.
Notes for 2017/2018 Budget
Note 1 Based on none or no significant cost to club
Note 2 Based on 20 x 11 issues, at $5 ea $ 1,100.00
Note 3 Based on 170 renewals at $35 $ 5,950.00
Note 4 Based on 10 new members at $35 + $25 JF = $60 $ 600.00
Note 5 Based on 20 family members at $10 $ 200.00
Note 6 Capital exp to be funded from club reserves
Note 7 Based on retaining existing - Wadhams, Stillone, Trigg
The 2017/2018 budget is on the next page.
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ROVER OWNERS CLUB INC BUDGET 2017 NOTES
INCOME (Oct 2016)
Advertising income 600 Note 7
ATO tax refund -
Donations - members -
Events - income 3,000 Note 1
Interest - NSW & ACT 200
Membership renewals - current year 5,950 Note 3
New memberships - current year 600 Note 4
Family memberships - current year 200 Note 5
Merchandise sales 500
Raffle income 1,000
Miscellaneous income -
Spare parts sales 400
Sub total - Income 12,450
EXPENDITURE
Affiliation fees - CMC, CACTMC,ABCC 200
ATO taxes 350
Bank fees 10
Capital items - Note 6
Donations - non member - deductible -
Events - expenses 3,000 Note 1
Freewheeling - electronic distribution -
Insurance 750
Library 100
Merchandise purchases 500
Miscellaneous expenses (incl Supper) 500
Freewheeling - Newsletter incl postage 1,100 Note 2
Postage - general 300
Raffle prizes 400
Rent - VCCA meeting hall 720
Rent - spare parts store 600
Secretarial - stationery 100
Spare parts purchases -
Statutory fees - OFT 70
Trophies & Name badges 600
Website & Domain 150
Sub total - Expenditure 9,450
Surplus (or Loss) 3,000
Budget 2017/2018
See previous page for explanation of Notes.
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PROPOSAL TO UPDATE THE CLUB’S CONSTITUTION
Last September, Fair Trading advised that they had reviewed and updated associations’ incorporation laws.The ROC is incorporated under this act and we are required to comply with those changes. The changeswhich have been advised are as follows:
1. The rule relating to a person making an application to be a member of the club has been relaxed andalso allows for email, other electronic means as well as conventional written format.2. The former clause required the Public Officer to maintain the register of members. The club is nowallowed to have a Registrar do this task and the records may be maintained in electronic form, with ahard copy to be made available to any member for inspection.3. The composition of the committee must be defined (which we have done) and the number of termswhich any office bearer or committee member must also be defined, including an unlimited number ofterms. The committee has recommended that no limitation on the terms be included, as this may seri-ously affect whether a full committee could be formed.4. Minutes of meetings may be kept either in written or electronic form and that the chairman of ameeting may sign the minutes electronically.5. Members may now make and send any formal requests about meetings (including special generalmeeting) in writing as well as electronically.6. A committee meeting may be held at more than one venue using whatever technology is availableand appropriate.7. Whether or not to use postal and electronic voting at general, annual and special general meetingsmust be addressed. These forms of voting shall not be allowed.8. Use of technology at any meeting of the club shall be subject to committee approval to allow mem-bers to participate at different venues.9. Currently the financial year for the club is the calendar year. At the request of the ATO, we are re-quired to change that to the normal financial year (July to June). His change will be implemented on1st July 2017.Each member of the Club is encouraged to look at the revised document, in anticipation of its submis-sion to the AGM in May.
I, Ian Shearman, therefore propose that the members of the Club vote to adopt the new constitution, as print-ed elsewhere in the issue of Freewheeling.
DETAILS ABOUT PHYSICAL CHANGES TO THE ROC CONSTITUTION.Note: Changes to be read in conjunction with the current Rules/Constitution.A. Under Heading - Change name to:
Constitution of Rover Owners’ Club Inc.incorporated under the
Associations Incorporation Act, 2009and any subsequent amendments and Regulations
B. Under Heading – PART B Preliminary - Changes as per red type:In these rules:Director-General means the Director-General of the Department of Services, Technology and Administration.Ordinary Committee Member means a member of the committee who is not an office-bearer of the association, as re-ferred to in rule 16(2).Member means a person who fulfils the requirements of rules 4 and 5.Family Member means a person who is a close member of the family of a member, such as spouse, partner, child, grand-child, parent, & grandparent.
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C. Under Heading – PART B - PreliminaryGeneral Meeting means a meeting of the association other than an Annual General Meeting or Special General Meeting.The Act means the Associations Incorporation Act 2009.The Regulation means the Associations Incorporation Regulation 2010.Association means Rover Owners’ Club Inc.
D. Under Heading – 4. Membership Qualification and / or change (b) the person is a natural person:(i) who will fulfil the requirements of the Object of the Association (Clause 2)(ii) who has been nominated for membership of the association as provided by rule Error! Reference source not found.;
and(iii) who has been approved for membership of the association by the committee of the association; or
© In the case of an association that is amalgamated to form the relevant association – a member of that other associa-tion immediately before that entity was registered as an association.
E. Under Heading – 5. Nomination for Membership – change and / or add(b) must be lodged with the secretary of the association either on paper or by email or other electronic means.Under 5 (b)In the case where the nominee has already submitted a cheque or other suitable form of payment with the applicationform, these moneys may then be deposited in the Club’s bank account.In the event that an application for membership is rejected, any monies submitted with the nominee’s application shall bereturned to the nominee within 28 days.
F: Under heading – 7. Membership Entitlements (changes in red)A right, privilege or obligation which a person has by reason of being a member of the association:(a) is not capable of being transferred or transmitted to another person, except to a family member associated with that
member, and(b) terminates on cessation of the person’s membership.In the event that a member dies, this membership may, at the discretion of the Committee, be transferred to a member ofthat deceased member’s family.
G: Under heading – 9. Register of members (pertaining to privacy)From the details of the members maintained by the Registrar, the public officer of the association, or the Registrar if sodirected by the Committee as a result of a recommendation by the Public Officer, must establish and maintain a registerof members of the association specifying the name and address of each person who is a member of the association to-gether with the date on which the person became a member.(1) The register of members must be kept at the principal place of administration of the association, or such other placeas determined by the Committee, and must be open for inspection, free of charge, by any member of the association atany reasonable hour.(2) Subject to privacy matters, a member of the association may obtain a copy of any part of the register on payment of afee of $1 for each page copied or, if some other amount is determined by the committee, that other amount.(3) A member must not use information about a person obtained from the register to contact or send material to the per-son, other than for:(a) The purposes of sending the person a newsletter, a notice in respect of a meeting or other event relating to the associ-ation or other material relating to the association, or(b) Any other purpose necessary to comply with a requirement of the Act or the Regulation.
H: Under heading – 16. Constitution and Membership of the Committee – add in red(1) Subject in the case of the first members of the committee to section 21 of the Act, the committee is to consist of:
(a) the office-bearers of the association, and(b) at least 3 ordinary members, each of whom is to be elected at the annual general meeting of the association under rule17.(2) The office-bearers of the association are to be:(a) the President (b) the Vice-president (c) the Treasurer, (d) the Secretary, and (e) the Registrar (3) Each member of thecommittee is, subject to these rules, to hold office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting following the dateof the member’s election, but is eligible for re-election.(4) In the event of a casual vacancy occurring in the membership of the committee, the committee may appoint a memberof the association to fill the vacancy and the member so appointed is to hold office, subject to these rules, until the con-clusion of the annual general meeting next following the date of the appointment.(5) There shall be no minimum number of consecutive terms for which any committee member may hold office.
I: Under Heading - 18: Secretary - add(4) All minutes of committee and general meetings must be kept in either printed or electronic form, in a manner as
determined by the committee. The chairman may sign the minutes electronically.
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J: Under Heading – 22. Meetings and Quorum - add7 (c) Committee meetings may be held at two (2) or more venues using any technology which the committee approves.Whatever technology is used, it must give each committee member a reasonable opportunity to participate. Committeemembers who participate at a committee meeting using such technology have the same rights as members who are pre-sent at the meeting, including voting rights.K: Under heading – 33 - Special Resolution - added(c) General meetings may be held at two (2) or more venues using any technology which the committee approves.
Whatever technology is used, it must give each member a reasonable opportunity to participate. Members who partici-pate at a general meeting using such technology have the same rights as members who are present at the meeting, includ-ing voting rights.(d) Whether or not to use postal and electronic voting at general, annual and special general meetings must be addressed.These forms of voting shall not be allowed.
L: Under heading – 38 – Funds Management – 1 and 4 added(1) The assets and income of the association shall be applied solely in furtherance of its objects as described in clause 2and no portion shall be distributed directly or indirectly to the members of the association except as bona fide compensa-tion for services rendered or expenses incurred on behalf of the association.(2) Subject to any resolution passed by the association in general meeting, the funds of the association are to be used inpursuance of the objects of the association in such manner as the committee determines.(3) All cheques, drafts, bills of exchange, promissory notes and other negotiable instruments must be signed by any 2members of the committee or employees of the association, being members or employees authorised to do so by thecommittee.(4) The association shall apply its funds and assets to be consistent with its objectives. The association is prohibited
from providing pecuniary gain for any of its members.
M: Dissolution – New paragraph added – Dissolution:In the event of the association being dissolved, the amount that remains after such dissolution and the satisfaction of alldebts and liabilities shall be transferred to another organisation with similar purposes which is not carried on for profit orgain of its individual members.
The entire Rover Owners’ Club Incconstitution is on the following
pages.
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Constitution of Rover Owners’ Club Inc.incorporated under the
Associations Incorporation Act, 2009and any subsequent amendments and Regulations
PART A. The Association
1. Name
The name of the association is Rover Owners’ Club Inc
2. Object of Association
The objects of the association are:
(a) To encourage interest in the preservation, restoration,maintenance and running of all types of vehicles designed andor manufactured by the Rover Company Limited, its predeces-sors and successors.
(b) To foster the continuance of the Rover marque.
(c) To carry out any related activity as determined from time totime by the Committee.
PART B. Preliminary
3. Definitions
In these rules:
Director-General means the Director-General of the Depart-ment of Services, Technology and Administration
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Ordinary Committee Member means a member of the commit-tee who is not an office-bearer of the association, as referred toin rule 16(2).
Member means a person who fulfils the requirements of rules 4and 5.
Family Member means a person who is a close member of thefamily of a member, such as spouse, partner, child, grandchild,parent, grandparent
Honorary Life Member means a member of the association whohas been offered that grade of membership under terms definedby the Committee.
Registrar means a member of the Committee of the associationand who records and keeps the relevant details of each memberof the association.
Secretary means:
(a) the person holding office under these rules as secretary ofthe association, or
(b) if no such person holds that office – the public officer of theassociation.
Annual General Meeting means a general meeting of the associ-ation held in accordance with rules 25 and 26
Special General Meeting means a general meeting of the associ-ation held in accordance with rule 27. .
General Meeting means a meeting of the association other thanan Annual General Meeting or Special General Meeting.
the Act means the Associations Incorporation Act 2009.
the Regulation means the Associations Incorporation Regula-tion 2010.
association means Rover Owners’ Club Inc.
In this Constitution:
(a) a reference to a function includes a reference to a power,authority and duty, and
(b) a reference to the exercise of a function includes, if thefunction is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.
The provisions of the Interpretation Act 1987 apply to and inrespect of these rules in the same manner as those provisionswould so apply if these rules were an instrument made underthe Act.
PART C. Membership
4. Membership qualifications
A person is qualified to be a member of the association if, butonly if:
(a) the person was a member of the Rover Owners’ Club on orprior to the association’s incorporation on 23rd November1995 and has not ceased to be a member of the association atany time after incorporation of the association under the Act;or
(b) the person is a natural person:
(i) who will fulfil the requirements of the Object of the Associ-ation (Clause 2)
(ii) who has been nominated for membership of the associationas provided by rule 5; and
(iii) who has been approved for membership of the associationby the committee of the association; or
(c) In the case of an association that is amalgamated to formthe relevant association – a member of that other associationimmediately before that entity was registered as an association.
5. Nomination for membership
Nomination for membership of the association must be madeon a form which contains, as a minimum, the following infor-mation:
(a) full name of the applicant
(b) address of the applicant
(c) statement that the applicant will be bound by the rules ofthe association
(d) signature of applicant
(e) date of application
(f) full name of proposer
(g) signature of proposer
(h) date of signing by proposer
(i) full name of seconder
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(j) signature of seconder
(k) date of signing by seconder
A nomination of a person for membership of the association:
(a) must be made by a member of the association in writing inthe application form, and
(b) must be lodged with the secretary of the association eitheron paper or by email or other electronic means.
As soon as practicable after receiving a nomination for mem-bership, the secretary must refer the nomination to the Regis-trar, who will then make a recommendation to the committeewhich is to determine whether to approve or to reject the nom-ination.
As soon as practicable after the committee makes that determi-nation, the Registrar must:
(a) notify the nominee, in writing, that the committee ap-proved or rejected the nomination (whichever is applicable),and
(b) if the committee approved the nomination, request thenominee to pay (within the period of 28 days after receipt bythe nominee of the notification) the sum payable under theserules by a member as entrance fee and annual subscription.
the Registrar must, on payment by the nominee of the amountsreferred to in clause (b) within the period referred to in thatprovision, enter the nominee’s name in the register of mem-bers and, on the name being so entered, the nominee becomesa member of the association.
In the case where the nominee has already submitted a chequeor other suitable form of payment with the application form,these moneys may then be deposited in the Club’s bank ac-count.
In the event that an application for membership is rejected,any monies submitted with the nominee’s application shall bereturned to the nominee within 28 days.
6. Cessation of membership
A person ceases to be a member of the association if the per-son:
(a) dies, or
(b) resigns membership, or
(c) is expelled from the association, or
(d) becomes unfinancial.
7. Membership entitlements not transferable
A right, privilege or obligation which a person has by reasonof being a member of the association:
(a) is not capable of being transferred or transmitted to anotherperson, except to a family member associated with that mem-ber, and
(b) terminates on cessation of the person’s membership.
In the event that a member dies, this membership may, at thediscretion of the Committee, be transferred to a member ofthat deceased member’s family.
8. Resignation of membership
(1) A member of the association is not entitled to resign thatmembership except in accordance with this rule.
(2) A member of the association who has paid all amountspayable by the member to the association in respect of themember’s membership may resign from membership of theassociation by first giving to the secretary written notice of atleast one month (or such other period as the committee maydetermine) of the member’s intention to resign and, on theexpiration of the period of notice, the member ceases to be amember.
(3) If a member of the association ceases to be a member underrule 8 (2), and in every other case where a member ceases tohold membership, the secretary must make an appropriate entryin the register of members recording the date on which themember ceased to be a member.
9. Register of members
From the details of the members maintained by the Registrar,the public officer of the association, or the Registrar if so di-rected by the Committee as a result of a recommendation by thePublic Officer, must establish and maintain a register of mem-bers of the association specifying the name and address of eachperson who is a member of the association together with thedate on which the person became a member.
(1) The register of members must be kept at the principal placeof administration of the association, or such other place as de-termined by the Committee, and must be open for inspection,free of charge, by any member of the association at any reason-able hour.
(2) Subject to privacy matters, a member of the association mayobtain a copy of any part of the register on payment of a fee of$1 for each page copied or, if some other amount is determinedby the committee, that other amount.
(3) A member must not use information about a person ob-tained from the register to contact or send material to the per-son, other than for:
(a) The purposes of sending the person a newsletter, a noticein respect of a meeting or other event relating to the associationor other material relating to the association, or
(b) Any other purpose necessary to comply with a require-ment of the Act or the Regulation.
10. Fees and subscriptions
(1) A member of the association must, on admission to mem-bership, pay to the association a fee of $1 or, if some otheramount is determined by the committee, that other amount.
(2) In addition to any amount payable by the member or familymember under clause (1), a member or family member of theassociation must pay to the association an annual membershipfee of $2 or, if some other amount is determined by the com-mittee, that other amount:
(a) except as provided by paragraph (b), before 1st March ineach calendar year, or
(b) if the member becomes a member on or after 1st March inany calendar year – on becoming a member and before 1 Marchin each succeeding calendar year, or
(c) if the member is an honorary Life Member, in which case,no annual fee is due in any subsequent year following the mem-ber's appointment as an honorary Life Member.
11. Members’ liabilities
The liability of a member of the association to contribute to-wards the payment of the debts and liabilities of the associationor the costs, charges and expenses of the winding up of the as-sociation is limited to the amount, if any, unpaid by the memberin respect of membership of the association as required by rule10.
12. Resolution of internal disputes
(1) Disputes between members (in their capacity as members)of the association, and disputes between members and the asso-ciation, are to be referred to a community justice centre for me-diation in accordance with the Community Justice Centres Act1983.
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(2) At least 7 days before a mediation session is to commence,the parties are to exchange statements of the issues that are indispute between them and supply copies to the mediator.
13. Disciplining of members
(1) A complaint may be made to the committee by any personthat a member of the association:
(a) has persistently refused or neglected to comply with a provi-sion or provisions of these rules, or
(b) has persistently and wilfully acted in a manner prejudicial tothe interests of the association.
(2) On receiving such a complaint, the committee:
(a) must cause notice of the complaint to be served on themember concerned; and
(b) must give the member at least 14 days from the time thenotice is served within which to make submissions to the com-mittee in connection with the complaint, and
(c) must take into consideration any submissions made by themember in connection with the complaint.
(3) The committee may, by resolution, expel the member fromthe association or suspend the member from membership of theassociation if, after considering the complaint and any submis-sions made in connection with the complaint, it is satisfied thatthe facts alleged in the complaint have been proved.
(4) If the committee expels or suspends a member, the secretarymust, within 7 days after the action is taken, cause written no-tice to be given to the member of the action taken, of the rea-sons given by the committee for having taken that action and ofthe member's right of appeal under rule 14.
(5) The expulsion or suspension does not take effect:
(a) until the expiration of the period within which the memberis entitled to appeal against the resolution concerned, or
(b) if within that period the member exercises the right of ap-peal, unless and until the association confirms the resolutionunder rule 14(5),
whichever is the later.
14. Right of appeal of disciplined member
(1) A member may appeal to the association in general meetingagainst a resolution of the committee under rule 13, within 7days after notice of the resolution is served on the member, bylodging with the secretary a notice to that effect.
(2) The notice may, but need not, be accompanied by a state-ment of the grounds on which the member intends to rely forthe purposes of the appeal.
(3) On receipt of a notice from a member under clause (1), thesecretary must notify the committee which is to convene a gen-eral meeting of the association to be held within 35 days afterthe date on which the secretary received the notice.
(4) At a general meeting of the association convened underclause (3):
(a) no business other than the question of the appeal is to betransacted, and
(b) the committee and the member must be given the oppor-tunity to state their respective cases orally or in writing, orboth, and
(c) the members present are to vote by secret ballot on thequestion of whether the resolution should be confirmed or re-voked.
(5) If at the general meeting the association passes a specialresolution in favour of the confirmation of the resolution, theresolution is confirmed.
PART D. The Committee
15. Powers of the Committee
The committee is to be called the committee of management ofthe association and, subject to the Act, the Regulation and theserules and to any resolution passed by the association in generalmeeting:
(a) is to control and manage the affairs of the association, and
(b) may exercise all such functions as may be exercised by theassociation, other than those functions that are required bythese rules to be exercised by a general meeting of members ofthe association, and
(c) has power to perform all such acts and do all such things asappear to the committee to be necessary or desirable for theproper management of the affairs of the association.
16. Constitution and membership of the committee
(1) Subject in the case of the first members of the committee tosection 21 of the Act, the committee is to consist of:
(a) the office-bearers of the association, and
(b) at least 3 ordinary members,
each of whom is to be elected at the annual general meeting ofthe association under rule 17.
(2) The office-bearers of the association are to be:
(a) the President
(b) the Vice-president
(c) the Treasurer,
(d) the Secretary, and
(e) the Registrar
(3) Each member of the committee is, subject to these rules, tohold office until the conclusion of the annual general meetingfollowing the date of the member’s election, but is eligible forre-election.
(4) In the event of a casual vacancy occurring in the member-ship of the committee, the committee may appoint a member ofthe association to fill the vacancy and the member so appointedis to hold office, subject to these rules, until the conclusion ofthe annual general meeting next following the date of the ap-pointment.
(5) There shall be no minimum number of consecutive termsfor which any committee member may hold office.
17. Election of Committee Members
(1) Nominations of candidates for election as office-bearers ofthe association or as ordinary members of the committee:
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(a) must be made in writing, signed by 2 members of the asso-ciation and accompanied by the written consent of the candi-date (which may be endorsed on the form of the nomination),and
(b) must be delivered to the secretary of the association at least7 days before the date fixed for the holding of the annual gen-eral meeting at which the election is to take place.
(2) If insufficient nominations are received to fill all vacancieson the committee, the candidates nominated are taken to beelected and further nominations are to be received at the annualgeneral meeting.
(3) If insufficient further nominations are received, any vacantpositions remaining on the committee are taken to be casualvacancies.
(4) If the number of nominations received is equal to the num-ber of vacancies to be filled, the persons nominated are taken tobe elected.
(5) If the number of nominations received exceeds the numberof vacancies to be filled, a ballot is to be held.
(6) The ballot for the election of office-bearers and ordinarymembers of the committee is to be conducted at the annual gen-eral meeting in such usual and proper manner as the committeemay direct.
18. Secretary
(1) the Secretary of the association must, as soon as practicableafter being appointed as secretary, lodge the details of his or heraddress with the association. .
(2) It is the duty of the secretary to keep minutes of:
(a) all appointments of office-bearers and members of the com-mittee,
(b) the names of members of the committee present at a com-mittee meeting or a general meeting, and
(c) all proceedings at committee meetings and general meet-ings.
(3) Minutes of proceedings at a meeting must be signed by thechairperson of the meeting or by the chairperson of the nextsucceeding meeting.
(4) All minutes of committee and general meetings my be keptin either printed or electronic form, in a manner as determinedby the committee. The chairman may sign the minutes elec-tronically.
19. Treasurer
It is the duty of the treasurer of the association to ensure:
(a) that all money due to the association is collected and re-ceived and that all payments authorised by the association aremade, and
(b) that correct books and accounts are kept showing the finan-cial affairs of the association, including full details of all re-ceipts and expenditure connected with the activities of the asso-ciation.
20. Casual vacancies
(1) For the purposes of these rules, a casual vacancy in the of-fice of a member of the committee occurs if the member:
(a) dies, or
(b) ceases to be a member of the association, or
(c) becomes an insolvent under administration within the mean-ing of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth, or
(d) resigns office by notice in writing given to the secretary, or
(e) is removed from office under rule 21, or
(f) becomes a mentally incapacitated person, or
(g) is absent without the consent of the committee from allmeetings of the committee held during a period of 6 months.
(2) A casual vacancy on the committee may be filled by anothermember of the association by resolution of the committee.
21. Removal of Committee Member
(1) The association in general meeting may by resolution re-move any member of the committee from the office of memberbefore the expiration of the member’s term of office and mayby resolution appoint another person to hold office until theexpiration of the term of office of the member so removed.
(2) If a member of the committee to whom a proposed resolu-tion referred to in clause (1) relates makes representations inwriting to the secretary or president (not exceeding a reasonablelength) and requests that the representation be notified to themembers of the association, the secretary or the president maysend a copy of the representations to each member of the asso-ciation or, if the representations are not so sent, the member isentitled to require that the representations be read out at themeeting at which the resolution is considered.
22. Meetings and quorum
(1) The committee must meet at least 3 times in each period of12 months at such place and time as the committee may deter-mine.
(2) Additional meetings of the committee may be convened bythe president or by any member of the committee.
(3) Oral or written notice of a meeting of the committee must begiven by the secretary to each member of the committee at least48 hours (or such other period as many be unanimously agreedon by the members of the committee) before the time appointedfor the holding of the meeting.
(4) Notice of a meeting given under clause (3) must specify thegeneral nature of the business to be transacted at the meetingand no business other than that business is to be transacted atthe meeting, except business which the committee memberspresent at the meeting unanimously agree to treat as urgentbusiness.
(5) Any 3 members of the committee constitute a quorum forthe transaction of the business of a meeting of the committee.
(6) No business is to be transacted by the committee unless aquorum is present and if, within half an hour of the time ap-pointed for the meeting, a quorum is not present, the meeting isto stand adjourned to the same place and at the same hour of thesame day in the following week, or at a place mutually agreedupon and which is notified to all committee members.
(7) If at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present withinhalf an hour of the time appointed for the meeting, the meetingis to be dissolved.
(8) At a meeting of the committee:
(a) the president or, in the president’s absence, the vice-president is to preside, or
(b) if the president and the vice-president are absent or unwill-ing to act, such one of the remaining members of the committeeas may be chosen by the members present at the meeting is topreside.
(c) Committee meetings may be held at two (2) or more venuesusing any technology which the committee approves. Whatevertechnology is used, it must give each committee member a rea-sonable opportunity to participate. Committee members whoparticipate at a committee meeting using such technology havethe same rights as members who are present at the meeting,including voting rights.
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23. Delegation by committee to sub-committee
(1) The committee may, by instrument in writing, delegate toone or more sub-committees (consisting of such member ormembers of the association as the committee thinks fit) the ex-ercise of such of the functions of the committee as are specifiedin the instrument, other than:
(a) this power of delegation, and
(b) a function which is a duty imposed on the committee by theAct or by any other law.
(2) A function the exercise of which has been delegated to a sub-committee under this rule may, while the delegation remainsunrevoked, be exercised from time to time by the sub-committee in accordance with the terms of the delegation.
(3) A delegation under this section may be made subject to suchconditions or limitations as to the exercise of any function, or asto time or circumstances, as may be specified in the instrumentof delegation.
(4) Despite any delegation under this rule, the committee maycontinue to exercise any function delegated.
(5) Any act or thing done or suffered by a sub-committee actingin the exercise of a delegation under this rule has the same forceand effect as it would have if it had been done or suffered by thecommittee.
(6) The committee may, by instrument in writing, revoke whol-ly or in part any delegation under this rule.
(7) A sub-committee may meet and adjourn, as it thinks proper.
24. Voting and decisions
(1) Questions arising at a meeting of the committee or of anysub-committee appointed by the committee are to be determinedby a majority of the votes of members of the committee or sub-committee present at the meeting.
(2) Each member present at a meeting of the committee or ofany sub-committee appointed by the committee (including theperson presiding at the meeting) is entitled to one vote but, inthe event of an equality of votes on any question, the personpresiding may exercise a second or casting vote. (3) Subject torule 22(5), the committee may act despite any vacancy on thecommittee.
(4) Any act or thing done or suffered, or purporting to havebeen done or suffered, by the committee or by a sub-committeeappointed by the committee, is valid and effectual despite anydefect that may afterwards be discovered in the appointment orqualification of any member of the committee or sub-committee.
PART E. General meeting
25. Annual general meetings – holding of
(1) With the exception of the first annual general meeting of theassociation, the association must, at least once in each calendaryear and within the period of 6 months after the expiration ofeach financial year of the association, convene an annual gen-eral meeting of its members.
(2) The association must hold its first annual general meeting:
(a) within the period of 18 months after its incorporation underthe Act, and
(b) within the period of 6 months after the expiration of the firstfinancial year of the association.
(3) Clauses (1) and (2) have effect subject to any extension orpermission granted by the Director-General under section 26(3)of the Act.
26. Annual general meetings – calling of and business at
(1) The annual general meeting of the association is, subject tothe Act and to rule 25, to be convened on such date and at suchplace and time as the committee thinks fit.
(2) In addition to any other business which may be transacted atan annual general meeting, the business of an annual generalmeeting is to include the following:
(a) to confirm the minutes of the last preceding annual generalmeeting and of any special general meeting held since thatmeeting,
(b) to receive from the committee reports on the activities ofthe association during the last preceding financial year,
(c) to elect office-bearers of the association and ordinary mem-bers of the committee,
(d) to receive and consider the statement which is required tobe submitted to members under section 26(6) of the Act.
(3) An annual general meeting must be specified as such in thenotice convening it.
27. Special general meetings – calling of
(1) The committee may, whenever it thinks fit, convene a spe-cial general meeting of the association.
(2) The committee must, on the requisition of at least 5 per centof the total number of members in writing or electronically,convene a special general meeting of the association.
(3) A requisition of members for a special general meeting:
(a) must state the purpose or purposes of the meeting, and
(b) must be signed by the members making the requisition, and
(c) must be lodged with the secretary, and
(d) may consist of several documents in a similar form, eachsigned by one or more of the members making the requisition.
(4) If the committee fails to convene a special general meetingto be held within 1 month after that date on which a requisitionof members for the meeting is lodged with the secretary, anyone or more of the members who made the requisition mayconvene a special general meeting to be held not later than 3months after that date.
(5)A special general meeting convened by a member or mem-bers as referred to in clause (4) must be convened as nearly asis practicable in the same manner as general meetings are con-vened by the committee.
28. Notice
(1) Except if the nature of the business proposed to be dealtwith at a general meeting requires a special resolution of theassociation, the secretary must, at least 14 days before the datefixed for the holding of the general meeting, give a notice toeach member specifying the place, date and time of the meetingand the nature of the business proposed to be transacted at themeeting.
(2) If the nature of the business proposed to be dealt with at ageneral meeting requires a special resolution of the association,the
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secretary must, at least 21 days before the date fixed for theholding of the general meeting, cause notice to be given to eachmember specifying, in addition to the matter required underclause (1), the intention to propose the resolution as a specialresolution.
(3) No business other than that specified in the notice conven-ing a general meeting is to be transacted at the meeting except,in the case of an annual general meeting, business which maybe transacted under rule 26(2).
(4) A member desiring to bring any business before a generalmeeting may give notice in writing of that business to the sec-retary who must include that business in the next notice callinga general meeting given after receipt of the notice from themember.
29. Procedure
(1) No item of business is to be transacted at a general meetingunless a quorum of members entitled under these rules to voteis present during the time the meeting is considering that item.
(2) Five members present in person (being members entitledunder these rules to vote at a general meeting) constitute aquorum for the transaction of the business of a general meeting.
(3) If within half an hour after the appointed time for the com-mencement of a general meeting a quorum is not present, themeeting:
(a) if convened on the requisition of members, is to be dis-solved, and
(b) in any other case, is to stand adjourned to the same day inthe following week at the same time and (unless another placeis specified at the time of the adjournment by the person presid-ing at the meeting or communicated by written notice to mem-bers given before the day to which the meeting is adjourned) atthe same place.
(4) If at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present withinhalf an hour after the time appointed for the commencement ofthe meeting, the members present (being at least 3) is to consti-tute a quorum.
30. Presiding member
(1) The president or, in the president’s absence, the vice-president, is to preside as chairperson at each general meetingof the association.
(2) If the president and the vice-president are absent or unwill-ing to act, the members present must elect one of their numberto preside as chairperson at the meeting.
31. Adjournment
(1) The chairperson of a general meeting at which a quorum ispresent may, with the consent of the majority of members pre-sent at the meeting, adjourn the meeting from time to time andplace to place, but no business is to be transacted at an ad-journed meeting other than the business left unfinished at themeeting at which the adjournment took place.
(2) If a general meeting is adjourned for 14 days or more, thesecretary must give written or oral notice of the adjournedmeeting to each member of the association stating the place,date and time of the meeting and the nature of the business tobe transacted at the meeting.
(3) Except as provided in clauses (1) and (2), notice of an ad-journment of a general meeting or of the business to be trans-acted at an adjourned meeting is not required to be given.
32. Making of decisions
(1) A question arising at a general meeting of the association isto be determined on a show of hands and, unless before or onthe
declaration of the show of hands a poll is demanded, a declara-tion by the chairperson that a resolution has, on a show ofhands, been carried or carried unanimously or carried by a par-ticular majority or lost, or an entry to that effect in the minutebook of the association, is evidence of the fact without proof ofthe number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of oragainst that resolution.
(2) At a general meeting of the association, a poll may be de-manded by the chairperson or by at least 3 members present inperson or by proxy at the meeting.
(3) If a poll is demanded at a general meeting, the poll must betaken;
(a) immediately in the case of a poll which relates to the elec-tion of the chairperson of the meeting or to the question of anadjournment, or
(b) in any other case, in such manner and at such time beforethe close of the meeting as the chairperson directs,
and the resolution of the poll on the matter is taken to be theresolution of the meeting on that matter.
33. Special resolution
A resolution of the association is a special resolution:
(a) if it is passed by a majority which comprises at least three-quarters of such members of the association as, being entitledunder these rules so to do, vote in person or by proxy at a gen-eral meeting of which at least 21 days’ written notice specifyingthe intention to propose the resolution as a special resolutionwas given in accordance with these rules, or
(b) where it is made to appear to the Director-General that it isnot practicable for the resolution to be passed in the mannerspecified in paragraph (a) if the resolution is passed in a mannerspecified by the Director-General.
(c) General meetings may be held at two (2) or more venuesusing any technology which the committee approves. Whatevertechnology is used, it must give each member a reasonable op-portunity to participate. Members who participate at a generalmeeting using such technology have the same rights as mem-bers who are present at the meeting, including voting rights.
(d) Postal and electronic ballots shall not be used for generalmeetings.
34. Voting
(1) On any question arising at a general meeting of the associa-tion a member has one vote only.
(2) All votes must be given personally or by proxy.
(3) In the case of an equality of votes on a question at a generalmeeting, the chairperson of the meeting is entitled to exercise asecond or casting vote.
(4) A member or proxy is not entitled to vote at any generalmeeting of the association unless all money due and payable bythe member or proxy to the association has been paid.
(5) Postal voting at any meeting is not permitted.
35. Appointment of proxies
(1) Each member is to be entitled to appoint another member asproxy by notice given to the secretary no later than 24 hoursbefore the time of the meeting in respect of which the proxy isappointed.
(2) The notice appointing the proxy is to be in the form set outin Appendix 1 to this constitution.
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36. Insurance
The association may effect and maintain insurance.
37. Funds – source
(1) The funds of the association are to be derived from entrancefees and annual subscriptions of members, donations and, sub-ject to any resolution passed by the association in general meet-ing, such other sources as the committee determines.
(2) All money received by the association must be deposited assoon as practicable and without deduction to the credit of theassociation’s bank account.
(3) The association must, as soon as practicable after receivingany money, issue an appropriate receipt.
38. Funds – management
(1) The assets and income of the association shall be appliedsolely in furtherance of its objects as described in clause 2 andno portion shall be distributed directly or indirectly to the mem-bers of the association except as bona fide compensation forservices rendered or expenses incurred on behalf of the associa-tion.
(2) Subject to any resolution passed by the association in gen-eral meeting, the funds of the association are to be used in pur-suance of the objects of the association in such manner as thecommittee determines.
(3) All cheques, drafts, bills of exchange, promissory notes andother negotiable instruments must be signed by any 2 membersof the committee or employees of the association, being mem-bers or employees authorised to do so by the committee.
(4) The association shall apply its funds and assets to be con-sistent with its objectives. The association is prohibited fromproviding pecuniary gain for any of its members.
39. Financial Year
The financial year for the association shall be 1st July to 30thJune of the following year.
40. Alteration of objects and rules
The statement of objects and this constitution may be altered,rescinded or added to only by a special resolution of the associ-ation.
41. Common seal
(1) The common seal of the association must be kept in the cus-tody of the public officer.
(2) The common seal must not be affixed to any instrumentexcept by the authority of the committee and the affixing of thecommon seal must be attested by the signatures either of 2members of the committee or of 1 member of the committeeand of the public officer or secretary.
42. Custody of books
Except as otherwise provided by this constitution, the publicofficer must keep in his or her custody or under his or her con-trol all records, books and other documents relating to the asso-ciation.
43. Inspection of books
The records, books and other documents of the associationmust be open to inspection, free of charge, by a member of theassociation at any reasonable hour.
44. Service of notices
(1) For the purpose of these rules, a notice may be served on orgiven to a person:
(a) by delivering it to the person personally, or
(b) by sending it by pre-paid post to the address of the person,or
(c) by sending it by facsimile transmission or some other formof electronic transmission to an address specified by the personfor giving or serving the notice.
(2) for the purpose of these rules, a notice is taken, unless thecontrary is proved, to have been given or served:
(a) in the case of a notice given or served personally, on thedate on which it is received by the addressee, and
(b) in the case of a notice sent by pre-paid post, on the datewhen it would have been delivered in the ordinary course ofpost, and
(c) in the case of a notice sent by facsimile transmission orsome other form of electronic transmission, on the date it wassent, or if the machine from which the transmission was sentproduces a report indicating that the notice was sent on a laterdate, on that date.
45. Dissolution
In the event of the association being dissolved, the amount thatremains after such dissolution and the satisfaction of all debtsand liabilities shall be transferred to another organisation withsimilar purposes which is not carried on for profit or gain of itsindividual members.
46. Bylaws
The association may create Bylaws which shall be created ei-ther:
(a) by the Committee in accordance with the powers given inthis constitution; or
(b) by the Committee to ensure compliance with Australian orNew South Wales legislation; or
(c) otherwise as proposed by any member of the Club, or by theCommittee, and approved by a simple majority at a generalmeeting of the association following the provision of at least 28days notice to all members of the Club.
The secretary shall maintain a full and up-to-date set of Bylawswhich shall be available to members.
ROC Constitution_2017 Page 7 of 8
Version 2 Date of preparation: 9/3/2017 Date of printing: 02/04/17
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Appendix 1 (Constitution 34(1) and 35)
ROVER OWNERS’ CLUB INC
FORM OF APPOINTMENT OF PROXY
I, .....................................................................................................................................................................................
(full name)
of ....................................................................................................................................................................................
(address)
being a member of Rover Owners’ Club Inc., hereby appoint
.......................................................................................................................................................................................
(full name of proxy)
of....................................................................................................................................................................................
(address)
being a member of the Rover Owners’ Club Inc, as my proxy to vote for me on my behalf at the general meeting of the RoverOwners’ Club (annual general meeting or special general meeting, as the case may be) to be held on the
.............................................day of.................................................................................................................................
(month and year)
and at any adjournment of that meeting.
* My proxy is authorised to vote in favour of/against (delete as appropriate) the resolution (insert details).
* to be inserted if desired.
………………………………………………...
Signature of member appointing proxy
Date…………………………………………...
NOTE: A proxy vote may not be given to a person who is not a member of the Rover Owners’ Club Inc.
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Rover Owners' Club Inc.Reg No Y 2302602
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2017
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Rover Owners’ Club Inc. will be held on Wednesday24 th May 2017, following the May General Meeting at 8:00 pm at the Veteran Car Club Hall, 134 Queens Road,
Fivedock.
By Order of the Committee.Warren McEwen, Secretary.8 March 2017
Agenda.1. Apologies
2. Presentation of Alan Tester Award, JK Starley Award, Royce Cole Award, Chris Lloyd-Owen Award,
and Viking Shield, Laurie McKay Award..
3. Receive and adopt the accounts for financial year ended 2016.
4. Receive and adopt the President’s Report.
5. Election of Committee.
6. General Business.
Rover Owners Club Inc.Nomination Form for 2017—2018 Management Committee.
I (print full name)…………………………………………………………………………………….of (address) ……………………………………………………………………………………
Wish to nominate for a committee position of the Rover Owners’ Club Inc. as circled below. (if more than one pleaseindicate preference 1,2,3,...etc)
President , Vice President/Club Captain.Treasurer and Public Officer, Secretary, Registrar, Freewheeling Editor.Committee Person (portfolio will be allocated), Committee person (portfolio will be allocated)
Proposed by…………………………………….. Seconded by……………………………………I consent to this nomination (nominees signature)……………………… date……………………
Rover Owners Club Inc.Nomination Form for 2017—2018 Sub Committee.
I…………………………………………………….wish to nominate for the position/s circled below. Area Convener Northern NSW. Hunter. Southern NSW/A.C.T. Southern Highlands. Illawarra. Western NSW. Club Plates (NSW) Club Plates (ACT) Club Shop Web master CMC All British representative Equipment Office Postage Officer Publicity Officer Vehicle Archivist Spares OfficerPlease note. All nominations to be lodged with the Secretary either in person or by mail to the club’s PO Box no later than Tuesday9 th May 2017. Only financial members as at 24 May 2017 will be permitted to vote. Management Committee roles will be decidedat the AGM, Sub Committee Roles will be selected at the first meeting of the new committee and announced at the June GeneralMeeting.
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The Rover owners’ Clubneeds you!
A number of the current ROC Committeewill NOT be standing for re-election so
the ROC definitely needs you to standfor the committee forming in May 2017.
It is not an onerous task and there isplenty of help available to help you settle in.
So go on, we NEED you to stand for election.A nomination form is on the preceding page.
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Nick Munting is our current ROC VP and Club Captainand, it seems, knows no bounds in his efforts to learn thesecrets of Rover and its models…
In 1969, at age 19 I was lucky enough to join two mates in purchasing a trio of English thoroughbredcars. My mates bought a Sunbeam Talbot 90 and a Riley 1.5, leaving me to purchase a 1955 Rover 90 (P4). The car wasmy daily drive for two to three years and at night and on weekends it was variously a rally car, motorsport special andconveyance of convenience for all my friends (who it seemed at that time all drove Austin A40s, from whence we’dmade the money to buy the ‘better’ English cars). The Rover boasted a leather interior, freewheel, and comfort that sur-passed the Sunbeam and Riley on trips… making it well used and used well.
A funny thing happened in 1970 as my world and life in Tasmania was ended by conscription and it wasn’t long afterbasic training I found myself in South Australia, followed shortly after by my P4, courtesy of Her Majesty’s ArmedForces regulations. Who said the system was harsh for all?
But, my motorsport ambitions strengthened and it wasn’t long before the Rover was sold for a brand-new Corolla KE21that was dutifully prepared for race and rally use (and yet remained an everyday driver as one could in the 70s!) Thetrusty Corolla saw me through that phase of life where I soon learned I wasn’t about to become the next world champi-on…
Sadly, although the Rover stayed with me in spirit; a succession of (many) cars followed me through South Australia,the ACT and into NSW where I finally ‘settled down’ post military service as the editor of Chequered Flag – the maga-zine of road and track. Once again the Rover ideas were confined to a shelf as press cars and show/sports cars becamethe norm, culminating in an Alfasud Ti and then a Mazda RX-7, raced under the auspices of the magazine and in thecolours of French mineral water, Perrier.
Fast forward through a period of work in PR and then work with economy marque, Daihatsu, before kids, setting up myown business and life in general left that Rover idea on the shelf; it seemed for eternity.
But, life changes and on a warm morning below my office window in 2015 I noted the octogenarian landlord of ourleased warehouse and offices in northern Sydney arrive in this gold Jaguar looking car… Finding an excuse to get someair I introduced myself to realise that the British purebred resting beneath my window was no common Jaguar, but a38,000km Rover 75 Connoisseur SE. I had been aware of this model through John McLean, the Paralympian and a goodacquaintance when he became the first disabled athlete to conquer the Hawaiian Ironman, was sponsored for a time witha 75 Tourer. Visit followed visit until one day I ventured to ask the owner if he was to sell, I’d be delighted to make anoffer. And so, it came to pass that as we left that area to set up shop in the northern beaches the phone call came; a dealwas done, and I became the owner of this superb 2001 model Rover, that had lived its life in a garage but sadly, has hadlittle service.
Next stop? Contact and then join the ROC so I could learn more, fast.
Nights on the UK forums, days chasing down other ownersand slowly the secrets of the 75 emerged. A thermostatchange, VIS motor changes, an alternator changes and agrand tidy up followed by some catch up service and theRover has begun to appear at ROC events… Liaison withRover 75 specialists led to new contacts amongst the cottageindustry around the 75 in the UK and some knowledge ofVIS motors, testers and a year or so later, even more partsbeing made to create some longevity in these superb cars.Vastly under-rated, the 75 is not only a comfortable, eco-nomical touring car but also an efficient sporty sedan mas-querading as a luxury saloon. The Rover V6 quad cam alloyengine is actually a very good power plant and the prowessof this car lays a claim to what is arguably amongst the very best front wheel drive cars of our time.
Heh, My Other Car Is a, Ummm, a Rover!
Text and photos by Nick Munting
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And so, it came to pass, that a second 75 joined the fleet; pretty much as a “spare”; and so far, not needed. But some-thing was needed; a real ‘second’ car…
OK, there’s the Passat R wagon that serves as a work horse for work and a VW Up! That serves to keep the rain at baywhen the Vespa scooter is garaged, but I was thinking a real second car when once again fate stepped in and so did theFlynn’s Auction.
A trip to Canberra was rewarded with the purchase of a1972 Rover P6B; a car that has been fun to own thus farand has taken little work to shape up relatively well. It’svery much now the second car; owns its own set of histor-ic plates and suddenly I have the best of both worlds; thefinal incarnation of the Rover marque and one of the mostexciting examples of a Rover from its powerhouse days aswell.
The P6B, with the accompanying 3.5l alloy V8 engine,satisfies the sporting driver in me; start-up has its ownreward courtesy of the V8 rumbling into life most oftenon the turn of the key!
Future plans include stemming some leaks, and upgrading the suspension, (within period constraints, of course!) and theengine tuned to produce some economy, with power (wish me luck).
I can see the P6B entering a new genre of classic car that will grow in coming years and already being named Survivorcars. Ideally these are vehicles that retain original paint, original mechanicals and original interiors… survival is key. Inmy case I’m returning the car to original given it has had some paint work, the interior is somewhat overwrought fromthe ravages of too many ACT Summers but the entire car and mechanicals appear absolutely original.
Mind you now my brain is ticking over too; you see there was a P6 factory rally car or cars built in the late 60s and veryearly 70s. Two even ventured from London to Sydney in 1968 and whilst I know these were based on the P6 TC, if an-other P6B were to fall into my hands with enough parts what a brilliant replica could be made to showcase not only thehalcyon years of Rover’s brilliant sports sedan, but also something a little more sporty to show off as well…
So, there’s nothing wrong with a second car being the same as the first ‘collectable’. After all, isn’t that really the point?A second car is merely that point through which you must travel enroute to a collection!
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This is the second part of the story of some emer-gency maintenance on my Cyclops.
Part 1 concluded with a diagnosis of the problemand some intractable head bolts.
Part 2 covers the engine rebuild and some other jobsthat I did while I had easy access. I am hoping thatPart 3 will get the car back on the road!
Christmas Eve, 2016 should have been a day when I prepared quietly for a busy Christmas Day with the family. In-stead, I spent the day removing the gearbox and engine from The Cyclops. Of course, by then, all the mechanics hadclosed for the holiday season so I had three weeks before I could get the engine to the reconditioner and three weeksbefore I had to return the donk hoist.
I have taken the gearbox out of The Cyclops many times before. The original gearbox was a beauty but was destroyedwhen I allowed the car to be used by the ABC in the television series GP. The replacement had never been as good,though Ian Coupland's work, just before he retired, gave me a reliable box but there was too much play in the linkages.
Getting the box out is just plain hard work. Many times I have thought: “I'm getting too old for this. Where's that ap-prentice?” Getting the engine out is a piece of cake in comparison because all the hard work is done by the crane.
The first thing that I noticed was that the front engine mounts had disintegrated. They must have been the originals. AsScott Richmond would also be on holidays, I thought about changing my plan to install a spare engine while the origi-nal engine was being repaired. With the memories of a hard day's work fresh in my mind, I considered using the fewweeks to do a few other jobs on the days while it was off the road.
Scott supplied new engine mounts and I found a firm on the Internet that specialises in small bushes. I ordered a 8mm x14mm x 12mm bronze bush for a gear linkage joint but there was a seven week wait for it.
I delivered the engine to In Tune at Penshurst and they said it would be a week before they could look at it. A weeklater, the boss rang to say that they didn't have the staff to do the job and they were passing it on to Balmain Engineer-ing. Things were not looking good. I thought again about installing the spare engine, knowing that registration was dueon 20th February.
Zohrab at Balmain Engineering (which, as you would expect, is located at Artarmon) was not excited about the pro-spect of working on my engine. On visiting him, he had already found that the teeth on the ring gear were badly dam-aged so I would need another flywheel. I contacted Paul Anley who reported that there were a couple in Club Sparesthat he would investigate. I half remembered having one in my own spares but I couldn't find it.
A couple of days later, Zohrab rang to say he had bad news. (As it turned out, it was exactly the news that I had ex-pected.) He had managed to remove the cylinder head. The pistons and bores were in good condition with less than 5thou wear (in one hundred thousand miles!). We would need new rings, new little end bushes and big-end bearings 30thou undersize. I set about finding some parts.
Scott Richmond was unable to help with engine parts but referred me to Auto Surplus. The bearings fit MGA, MGB,Riley, Wolseley and Leyland vehicles so are likely to be available for some time. I ordered two sets which cost only$140 including postage. The ACL part number, BTW, is 4B 1891.
For rings, I contacted a firm that make pistons in Adelaide. Nornda Automotive, trading as JP Pistons, actually haveP3 / P4 pistons in their stock list. I was passing on messages between Zohrab and JP so that they would have the cor-rect measurements from the engine block that was now 30km away. This was not productive. While the bore had up to3 thou wear and would take the old pistons, there was wear in the piston grooves and in a couple of gudgeon pins.Zohrab pointed out that there would be a lot of work required to repair the old pistons and fit oversize rings. The designof the pistons makes it impossible to expand them. If new pistons could be obtained, that would be better in engineeringterms and probably not much more expensive. The quote for new pistons / rings / gudgeons was $156.03 plus GST perpiston, i.e. just over $1000. Having just seen Cyclops Rovers sell for $50 at Dr.Flynn's auction, I accepted the quote,knowing that the completed engine would only have a few thousand miles use before I give up my licence due to oldage (in about 20 years time). The engine was bored out to 20 thou oversize one hundred thousand miles ago so I triedto get the next size up which turned out to be 30 thou oversize or 2.597”.
The crankshaft was sent back to Penshurst for grinding. The mains seemed to be OK; just as well as they are white met-al bearings that have to be poured and the engine line bored. This can be done at In Tune Performance but was not re-quired. Rather than shim the thrower, In Tune was going to try to fit a neoprene seal at the back end of the crankshaft, amodification that might reduce oil consumption more than new rings would.
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The crankshaft was sent back to Penshurst for grinding. The mains seemed to be OK; just as well as they are white metalbearings that have to be poured and the engine line bored. This can be done at In Tune Performance but was not re-quired. Rather than shim the thrower, In Tune was going to try to fit a neoprene seal at the back end of the crankshaft, amodification that might reduce oil consumption more than new rings would.
I got an email from Paul Anley to say that he had found a flywheel and it would be left in his trailer at Rydalmere. Idrove The Bluebird to Paul's place on a very hot summer's day to find that it was a '90' flywheel. I had not thought aboutthe change to a different starter motor in the 1955 season. I had assumed that all P4 flywheels were the same. Checkingmy '75' parts manual and contacting Andrew The Librarian for the part numbers for later P4s, the difference was con-firmed. I spent much of the next two weeks looking for flywheels and / or ring gear.
Meanwhile, in the first week in March, the block and crankshaft were back in Penshurst. The pistons and bearings hadarrived in Artarmon and there was every expectation that the engine would be finished in a couple of weeks. Rather thanfit a neoprene rear main seal, we decided to build up the hole around the thrower and line bore it to give only a couple ofthou clearance, thus maintaining the original design.
By the first weekend in March, the flywheel problem seemed to be solved. Searching The Net had revealed that ringgear kits are available new from England. As the same flywheel is fitted to 80” Series I Land Rovers, I received goodadvice from Anthony Maeder and Tony Cope, as well as Land Rover parts people who tend to be more technically savvythan car people and had sources of second-hand flywheels.
A complete second-hand flywheel was available in Coffs Harbour but the seller wanted $250 for it. I chose to get newring gears for £97 plus postage, a total of £122. With the A$ worth 65 pence, this was a reasonable price, I thought.
At about this time, Anthony Cope found six rear engine (gearbox) mounts from Robush in UK for £38 each plus post-age. As Paul Anley was chasing a set for someone, I thought that it would be a good idea to grab the lot. Meanwhile, alocal source, Mackay Rubber, had a set for which they wanted $208.41 plus GST each. The UK mounts arrived for $65each, including postage.
By the middle of March, I was waiting for machining to be completed at Penshurst and parts to arrive from England. Inview of the deadline for Freewheeling, I decided to send our Editor Part 2 of the story and keep the concluding problemsfor part 3, to be published in June.
Jim Moule (241)
A very limited special for your P6.Does the tool roll in your P6/P6B look a bit ratty?
The club has a very limited number of brand new reproduction tool rollsavailable. They do not include tools!
They are $55 each. When this limited number are sold, further items willbe more expensive.
So If your P6 tool roll is not up to standard, contact the club shop now.
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Mystery number 1.On page 11 of the March Freewheeling, club member Rob
Harrison asked the question:
“What happened to the Rover P6 ‘s that were in the 1968London to Sydney Marathon?”
Club member, Allan Roberts, has supplied the followinginformation that fills in part of the mystery.
Hi Rob,Regarding the fate of the London/Sydney marathon Roversnumbers 44 and 54. Back in 1969 I owned a Rover 3 litrethat came without a radio so I decided to fit a radio andrequired a roof aerial of the type that was normally fitted to the P5 range. After much searching and not wanting topay for a new one I was told of a Rover in a wreckers yard in St Peters/Newtown Sydney.When I found the wreckers I was shown a Rover 2000 with said aerial .This car was equipped and painted exactly likethe marathon Rovers and the owner of the wreckers yard confirmed it was one of the cars. From memory it did have anumber but I can not remember which one. Also I remember it was the only Rover in the wreckers yard.I did buy the aerial and fitted to the 3 litre which I kept till 1973.I hope this information is of some help as to the sad fate of a least one of the Rovers.Regards Allan Roberts.
Mysteries Solved!
Mystery Number 2Ray Wilkins asked the following question which has generated response from Chris Forsey.
This is just a personal enquiry about a previous owner of my car. When I bought the car 18 months or so ago as arestoration project, I got some documentation, part of which is a NSW Registration form for 1975. The NSW Regis-tration was YUF 150. The owner at that time was a Peter Balkwell who lived in Holt, ACT. In fact he also had thecar registered in the UK and must have brought it out with him.I was wondering whether he was, at any time, a member of your Club and if any current members remember him. Itwould also be interesting, if he is still around, to contact him and talk about his car. As he brought it out with himfrom the UK, it must have meant a lot to him.I am a member of the Rover P4 Guild of Australia and reside in Rosebud, Victoria. I look forward to hearing fromyou.Regards,Ray Wilkins
Chris Forsey supplied the following information and photograph .
Folks
Just closing the loop on the query we had from Ray Wilkins queryabout a Rover 90 he now owns.
He sent me some more info on the car and I was able to determinethat it was a car that I knew which was in Canberra until fairly re-cently with the original owner. I don't recall if the owner was in theclub but I certainly knew the car - and its story which was that ithad been a sales rep car for Gillette.
Look at the front door cards and you will see a non-standard recesswith a flap at the base - for easy emptying of the samples. YUF-150was a later re-registration of the vehicle that had been originallyregistered YAA-927 and lived on Drake Brockman Drive in Holt.
regards
Chris
An additional photo of this car appears on the back cover of this issue of Freewheeling
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The Siddeley-Deasy Motor Car Company Limited was a British automobile, aero engineand aircraft company based in Coventry in the early 20th century. It was central to the formation, by
merger and buy-out, of the later Armstrong Siddeley Motor and Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft companies.
The Deasy Motor Car Manufacturing Company Limited was founded by Henry Hugh Peter Deasy in the factory that hadpreviously been used to manufacture Iden cars. Deasy left in 1908 following disagreements with his Chief Engineer.
In 1910 J D Siddeley took up the appointment of managing director having moved to Deasy in 1909 from managingWolseley. The shareholders were so pleased with his success that on 7 November 1912 they unanimously agreed tochange the company's name to The Siddeley-Deasy Motor Car Company Limited.. Siddeley's name had been added tothe product's radiator in 1912.
Siddeley-Deasy grew rapidly using Rover chassis and Daimler and Aster engines. They also established a separate brand,Stoneleigh, at first, in 1912, by mounting a different radiator and bonnet on a BSA 13.9 h.p. product but in the 1920s aquite separate car was produced and sold under the Stoneleigh name. Described as a nippy performer its quarter-ellipticsprings gave it a curious bounding motion. The Wholesale Cooperative Society took them as vans
During the First World War, Siddeley-Deasy grew to have 5,000 workers producing ambulances and aircraft engines,which included the Puma, a water-cooled straight-6 and the Tiger. The latter was a water-cooled V-12, basically two Pu-mas on a common crankshaft. They were one of six companies to produce the Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 aircraftfrom 1916. In 1917 three staff from the Royal Aircraft Factory joined Siddeley-Deasy and began to design fixed-wingaircraft.. They were S. D. Heron, an engine designer, F. M. Green, who became the chief engineer, and John Lloyd, whobecame chief aircraft designer. These last two stayed with Siddeley Deasy and its successor for many years. During 1917–18 the team led by Lloyd had designed three aircraft, one of which, the Siskin, became well known
After the war, conditions for manufacturers were difficult, and in 1919 Siddeley suggested a merger with Sir W G Arm-strong Whitworth & Co Limited Motor Car Department. Armstrong-Whitworth had been a supplier of Siddeley-Deasyengine castings and they had themselves made aircraft, chiefly designed by Frederick Koolhoven who left the companyin 1917 and then by F. M Murphy. By 1919 they had decided to abandon aircraft manufacture and shed the associatedstaff. Armstrong Whitworth acquired a controlling interest in The Siddeley-Deasy Motor Car Company Limited andchanged its name to The Armstrong Siddeley Company Limited.
Armstrong-Siddeley produced radial aircraft engines throughout its life, together with turbojets after the war. In April1920 or slightly later, it produced its own subsidiary, The Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Co. Ltd. This lastcompany went on to produce Siskin fighters in large numbers, together with all the later Armstrong Whitworth designs.
In March 1927, John Siddeley bought the parent Armstrong Whitworth Development Co. Ltd. and its subsidiaries fromArmstrong Whitworth, renaming it the Armstrong Siddeley Development Co. Ltd. The name of the aircraft subsidiary,Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Co. Ltd. remained the same. John Siddeley reported that since 1919 his compa-ny had each year produced more 6-cylinder car engines than any other European producer. The two key members of theSiddeley Deasy design team stayed with the renamed company for many years. John Lloyd was chief designer until 1948and retired as technical director in 1959. F. M. Green retired in 1933.
The J D Siddeley Type Deasy Car for 1911. Four models with seven standard styles of coachwork[13]"The highest-gradeBritish car of moderate power"
12-16 hp 4-cyl poppet valve 75x110 = 1944 cc £385
14-20 hp 4-cyl poppet valve 80x130 = 2614 cc £375
16-20 hp 6-cyl sleeve valve 90x130 = 4962 cc £445 (the Silent Knight engine was introduced in late 1911)
18-24 hp 6-cyl sleeve valve 90x130 = 4962 cc £6851912 Stoneleigh 13.9 hp 4-cyl sleeve-valve 75x114 = 2015 cc
Reference for above https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddeley-Deasy
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Left:Siddeley-Deasy 18-24hp 1912Sold new to G Fysh of Launceston Tasmania.
Below:Stoneleigh 9 h.p. 1923 examplename changed for 1924 to Armstrong Sid-deley 14/4
For all your Rover bits and pieces,contact
J R Wadhams
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&ඔඝඊ&ඉඔඍඖඌඉකPlease remember it is necessary to reserve your place on any event, except Club meetings, by telephoning the person organising the event. If youdecide later not to attend something for which you have booked, please let the person organising the event know so others will not be inconven-ienced by waiting for you unnecessarily. If you can’t get to the event – get to a phone!It should be recognised that whilst the Rover Owners Club takes every care and precaution, members and their guests participate in all activities bytheir own choice, and act on their own behalf, thus at their own risk.
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If the words Invitation Event precede the details in an item, it means the club has been invited but will not be attending as a group. You shouldcontact the person indicated, or visit the club web site and obtain details, followed by making your own arrangements to attend.
If the words Invitation Event do not precede the details in an item it means the club will be attending as a group and you should contact the ROCclub person indicated to arrange attendance., or visit the club web site and follow the detailed instructions.
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Tuesday 4 April 2017 | Invitation Event | Inspection of Private Car Collections in Sydney’s North-West• Meet at McDonalds Round Corner Dural. 9.00am for 9.30am departure.• Lunch will be at a club in the Dural Area
• Contact | Mark Hertz | mobile | 0410 679 268 orLes Watton | phone | 9838 8063 | mobile | 0418 973 866Sunday 9 April 2017 | Invitation Event | Robertson Heritage Railway Station Classic Car Day• Venue address | Yarranga St, Robertson• Time | 9 am to 3.30 pm• Car Entry by gold coin donation• Organisers | Robertson Heritage Railway Station Inc.• Download | Robertson Classic Car Day 2017 Flyer PDF• Enquiries | phone 4885 1256Wednesday 26 April 2017 | General Meeting• Venue | Veteran Car Club Hall, 134 Queens Road, Five Dock | 8:00 pm• Meeting feature: How to prepare your car for a car show or just to make it look good
Tuesday 2 May 2017 | Invitation Event | Oasis Run to Camden Museum• Venue address | John Street, Camden• Meet at Curry Reserve, Camden Valley Way Elderslie (Camden), next To the Tourist Information Centre, for B.Y.O.Morning Tea • Time | From 10.00am onwards for 10.30am departure. • Leaving Museum at 12.00noon we will proceed to Campbelltown Golf Club for lunch• Contact | Les Watton | phone | 9838 8063 | mobile | 0418 973 866Saturday 6 May 2017 | Wings Over Illawarra• Venue | Illawarra Regional Airport, Albion Park Rail• Registration essential. The Rover Owners Club has been registered for WOI. Please click on the link and use the‘Register your vehicle’ | Wings Over Illawarra ROC Members Registration• Please also register with ROC Illawarra Area Convenor Stuart Rigby, phone | 4232 3148 | mobile | 0431 473 825email | [email protected] 13 May 2017 | Invitation Event | Crookwell Potato Festival• Venue | Crookwell Showground• Please email [email protected] NO LATER than April 28th so we can alert the Festival committee asto likely numbers from the ROC.• Enquiries | Bev Hatch, Car & Bike Display Coorindatorphone | 4832 0999email | [email protected] 20 May 2017 | Invitation Event | Wheels of Womboin• Venue | Wamboin Hall, Bingley Way, Womboin (off Norton Road via Sutton Road)• Time | 9 am to 1 pm• Display entry is by gold coin donation• Contact | Peter Evansemail | [email protected] | 0427 699 118Sunday 21 May 2017 | National Motoring Heritage Day• Various venues, contact your club delegate – Multi venue event hosted by various groups.• Motorlife Museum, Kembla Grange• Berry Showground, Berry• Sydney Harbour National Park, Georges Heights• Campbelltown Steam & Machinery Museum, Menangle• Museum of Fire, Penrith• Wentworth Falls Lake• Memorial Park, The Entrance• Bella Vista Park, (Cnr Norwest Blvd and Elizabeth MacArthur Drive) Bella Vista
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This page is from the Rover Owners’ Club Inc monthly publication Freewheeling, and shows club andinvited events. There may be more recent additions on the ROC web site.
All PDF files and coloured brochures are available on the club’s web site.
Sunday 21 May 2017 | Invitation Event | Heritage Day – Tuggerah Lakes• Venue | Main Street, The Entrance, Tuggerah Lakes NSW• Time | Gates closed 9:00am – Re-open at 3:00pm• Contact | Allan Mead | phone | 4369 46676• Organisers | Central Coast Historic Car ClubSunday 21 May 2017 | Invitation Event | Heritage Day – Berry• Venue | Berry Showground.The Shoalhaven Historic Vehicle Club is organising the day and hopes local Rover owners will enter and enjoy the event.You can register on their website:https://sites.google.com/site/shoalhavenhistoricvehicleclub/
Wednesday 24 May 2017 | Annual General Meeting• Venue | Veteran Car Club Hall, 134 Queens Road, Five Dock | 8:00 pm
Saturday to Monday 10 to 12 June 2017 | Invitation Event | North West Rally• Venue | based in Tamworth, visiting Manilla & Quirindi• Organisers | Tamworth Vintage Car Club• Contact | Gwen Bridge | phone | 6746 2711 | mobile 0498 376 464 or Michael Jeanes | phone | 6766 1787 | mobile | 0420216 420 email | [email protected] or [email protected]• Visit website | http://www.tamworthvintagecarclub.com.au/
Sunday 18 June 2017 | Battle of Waterloo Display Day, Canberra• Venue | to be advised
Wednesday 28 June 2017 | General Meeting• Venue | Veteran Car Club Hall, 134 Queens Road, Five Dock | 8:00 pm• Meeting feature: all the background and special info for running your P5 or P5B
Sunday 9 July 2017 | Rover/Alvis/Armstrong Siddeley/Daimler Combined Club Mid-Winter Soup Run• Venue destination | Busby’s Café, Wiseman’s Ferry• The run will have two starting points at either Ham Common, see UBD map 85 H8 or use link https://binged.it/2exNJxZThe second starting point will be at the corner of Old Northern Road and Galston Road Dural, see UBD map 131 L7 or uselink https://binged.it/2exHjPG• Contact | Nick Munting | mobile | 0412 228 409email | [email protected]
Saturday 15 July 2017 | Hunter Region All British Day• Full details to be announced soon
Wednesday 26 July 2017 | General Meeting• Venue | Veteran Car Club Hall, 134 Queens Road, Five Dock | 8:00 pm• Meeting feature: Special Guest Speaker
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Rover Owners’ Club General Meeting .( General Meeting 22 March 2017.)
Meeting opened at 8:00 pm with 21 members attending on a stormy night across Sydney.
Welcome to all: Warwick opened the meeting and welcomed members attending.
Apologies: Warren McEwen, Bruce Duncan, Rob Turner, Chris Forsey, David Woodward, Ian Stevenson, Steven Williams, Peter & Gail Scott and Denis Barr.
Minutes from Previous Meetings: Minutes from the ROC February GM were presented for acceptance.Proposed: Paul Anley, seconded by Roy Allen.
President’s comments: Warwick Ravell spoke of bettering ROC procedures for recording loans of ROC equipment, (noting several tools and some equipment and library books have not been returned over time). There is a sign out book for all library books. Books will be stamped with an ROC identification. Any members retaining club tools or equipment are asked to return at an early & oppor-tune time, such as a General Meeting or Club Event to assist fellow members.
Committee reportsEditor: Ken Dunkley reported that the March Freewheeling is on time but may be a few days late due to the Editor heading south
for a week. Member stories & pics are welcomed for Freewheeling.
Web Master: Rob Turner reported by email that: • Everything is well and the main tasks presently are updating of webpages as information comes in. • The annual web hosting renewal with the ROC’s Web Host SiteGround, payable by 14 April, has recently been paid by Webmaster Rob Turner. The Web Hosting is now paid through to 14 April 2018. The web hosting fee includes a component for a daily back-up of the ROC website, stored on the Host’s Server. The invoice for $149.40 has been forwarded to the Treasurer for reimbursement.
Secretary: Warren McEwen was an apology for the night through previous commitments. Nick Munting filled in on the night and expanded on magazine correspondence received since last meeting.
CMC Update: Ian Shearman advised there was no update due as the CMC general meeting will closely follow this ROC meeting. A call was made for a volunteer to attend that meeting due to Ian’s absence at that time. Richard Dalziel nominated a backup dele-gate for the evening.
Treasurer/Public Richard Dalziel presented a statement of the club’s financial position for this month and spoke of the ATO re-quiring ROC to adopt a financial year reporting period for Tax.
The Treasurer’s report / Financial statement. NSW term dep: $18,000.00NSW cheque: $12,966.10ACT cheque: $ 1,094.15Consolidated: $32,060.25
Richard spoke to members that the ROC tax return had been submitted for calendar 2016 – and the ATO have advised that we arenow to lodge a financial year tax return. The club finances will remain per calendar year, with an adjustment to allow reporting tothe ATO annually, via the financial year.
Registrar: Thea Shearman reported that we now have 165 financial members, with 29 family members and 8 Life and HonoraryMembers making a total now of 202 members in total. It was noted this is very strong for this time of the year. There are 8 formermembers who are not renewing (most have sold cars) and 26 being chased up for membership.
Club Plates: Richard Dalziel filled in for Steven Williams. There were four renewals of Historic registration in the past monthwith 61 cars now on the ROC Historic Registration list. Members with Historic Registration are reminded that the rego lapses oncea member is no longer financial. A reminder that the Club Historic Registrar is now:
Steven Williams 18 Daley St Pendle Hill NSW 2145P: 02 9896 5650 M: 0450 706 519E: [email protected] E: [email protected]
Spare Parts: Paul Anley spoke of the new replica tool rolls he has had made and that now reside in the ROC Shop. Please note thattwo of the six are now sold, with one ‘booked’. So, three remain for sale now at $55-00 payable to the ROC bank account – pleaseadvise the ROC Shop to obtain one.
Vice President: • Visited an RCCA General Monthly Meeting last Friday week in Hawthorn, Melbourne. Warmly welcomed byPresident Glenys Williamson, the committee and members. Victoria promises a great Rove at Shepparton in 2018 and will proceedwith an optional side trip to Tasmania as an added part of the Rove.
Club Captain: • Events – Great turn up for Rover Ramble #1 to the Classic Car Museum @ Gosford, and my thanks to AndrewHolland and Richard Dalziel for their stepping in to coordinate the day whilst I was in Melbourne. • A big thanks to those membersof the ROC, Rolls Royce Club and local Rotarians who assisted in our Clean Up Australia Day effort @ Putney Park. We picked uparound 150-180kgs kgs of rubbish on the day and given the fantastic numbers (21) on the day (even despite the threatening weather)we look certain to repeat this community engagement again in 2018. A big thanks to Bruce Duncan for his efforts in bring alongmembers of the Rolls Royce club and a couple of fine examples or the marque also, and thanks also to Ken Dunkley and AndrewHolland for bringing along their P6 Rovers.
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It looked like a prelude to St Patricks Day! • Wings over Illawarra (Ramble #2) is now a one day event. Remember to register withme, and ALSO with the WOI people (see RoverNET for logon details) – Owing to the fact I’ll likely be on the Gold Coast working Imay have two tickets for Rover driving folk available close to the event. • Further details of the Rover Ramble #3 to the Hunter Val-ley/Luskintyre Tiger Museum will be delayed due to my cohort facing emergency (but successful), throat cancer surgery. • SSC –just 9 tickets remain, and they are steadily disappearing! Do register at your earliest convenience as I don’t want to disappoint mem-bers when we run out.• ABD Kings – also strong registration for this early and this will prove to be a major event this year. • 50th Anniversary of the Rov-er V8 is attracting great attention and we are currently in final negotiation for an EXCELLENT venue. I will be stepping up the fina-lisation of this venue and the event itself through the next two weeks. Do note that the events will be open to ALL ROC membersand the Annual Display Day will take place on the Sunday – just a pleasant drive in the country from Sydney. • Our ROC calendarfor 2017 is becoming a great blend of static and driving events, which have been spread right around the state and the ACT to ac-commodate as many members as is possible. • Attended to various member’s telephone calls, email correspondence pertaining toevents, general vehicles query, and passed to relevant committee persons as needed where outside the VP/Club Captain’s area ofexpertise. • Details of the 2018 National Rove are now in the latest copy #10 of RoverNET.Publicity:o Continued updating of the ROC Facebook page & the Friends of the Flynn Collection FB page. Other Social Media interaction toassist the public and promote ROC as the club for all Rover owners. Liaison with other Rover clubs around Australia for cooperationin parts and cars history and supply and reaching out to other car clubs for events and recognition of ROC/Rover vehicles.RoverNET: • RoverNET 08-10 disseminated. #11 to go out Friday following General Meeting, Mar 24th. • General acceptance re-mains steady and we are averaging around 235 – 255 readers per week. • Do note that ads for cars for sale in RoverNET are requiredto carry the car’s Registration Number if registered and the Engine Number of the vehicle if not registered. • All advertising in Rov-erNET is FOC to financial ROC members. • There is still a reluctance for some to download the PDF; however, I continue to workon initiatives to cure that but I am currently thinning out un-financial members and analysing those who do not open the email northe attachment download.ROC Shop: • Slow & steady sales – We now have no grill badges remaining and awaiting revised quote for final sign off on newsilver 9cm round grill badge. A few polo shirts remain otherwise we are sold out. New club polos in grey, with matching hats cur-rently are being priced. New ROC window decals are on sale and selling steadily. • Regalia now has an initial order of 15 interiorwindow decals only on the way that celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Rover. These interior window decals emanate from the Rov-er Club of Canada and the good news is the cost is just $5-00 each! There is an outside chance I may be able to source more if thereis interest beyond the 15. • There has been a call; now national to also make some of these as vehicle grill badges. This will be sub-ject to ratification from the original designer. I’ll pass info along as it comes through. • Orders for summer short sleeved shirts willbe made once members’ orders are received. • Orders for new polo shirts ready to go when demand begins • No suggestions as tofuture ROC merchandise / Regalia have been received from the general membership of the ROC.Constitution Amendment changes Ian Shearman advised members of the constitutional changes required of the ROC by NSW FairTrading.Last September, Fair Trading advised that they had reviewed and updated associations’ incorporation laws. The ROC is incorpo-
rated under this act and we are required to comply with those changes. The changes which have been advised are as follows:ϭ dŚĞƌƵůĞƌĞůĂƟŶŐƚŽĂƉĞƌƐŽŶŵĂŬŝŶŐĂŶĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƚŽďĞĂŵĞŵďĞƌŽĨƚŚĞĐůƵďŚĂƐďĞĞŶƌĞůĂdžĞĚĂŶĚĂůƐŽĂůůŽǁ ƐĨŽƌĞŵĂŝů other elec-ƚƌŽŶŝĐŵĞĂŶƐĂƐǁ ĞůůĂƐĐŽŶǀ ĞŶƟŽŶĂůǁ ƌŝƩ ĞŶĨŽƌŵĂƚ 2. The former clause required the public officer to maintain the register of members. The club is now allowed to have a Registrar do this ƚĂƐŬĂŶĚƚŚĞƌĞĐŽƌĚƐŵĂLJďĞŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶĞĚŝŶĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐĨŽƌŵ ǁ ŝƚŚĂŚĂƌĚĐŽƉLJƚŽďĞŵĂĚĞĂǀ ĂŝůĂďůĞƚŽĂŶLJŵĞŵďĞƌĨŽƌŝŶƐƉĞĐƟŽŶ.ϯ dŚĞĐŽŵƉŽƐŝƟŽŶŽĨƚŚĞĐŽŵŵŝƩ ĞĞŵƵƐƚďĞĚĞĮ ŶĞĚ;ǁ ŚŝĐŚǁ ĞŚĂǀ ĞĚŽŶĞͿĂŶĚƚŚĞŶƵŵďĞƌŽĨƚĞƌŵƐǁ ŚŝĐŚĂŶLJŽĸ ĐĞďĞĂƌĞƌŽƌĐom-ŵŝƩ ĞĞŵĞŵďĞƌŵƵƐƚďĞĚĞĮ ŶĞĚ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐĂŶƵŶůŝŵŝƚĞĚŶƵŵďĞƌŽĨƚĞƌŵƐ dŚĞĐŽŵŵŝƩ ĞĞŚĂƐƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚƚŚĂƚŶŽůŝŵŝƚĂƟŽŶŽŶƚheƚĞƌŵƐďĞŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ĂƐƚŚŝƐŵĂLJƐĞƌŝŽƵƐůLJĂī ĞĐƚǁ ŚĞƚŚĞƌĂĨƵůůĐŽŵŵŝƩ ĞĞĐŽƵůĚďĞĨŽƌŵĞĚ ϰ D ŝŶƵƚĞƐŽĨŵĞĞƟŶŐƐŵĂLJďĞŬĞƉƚĞŝƚŚĞƌŝŶǁ ƌŝƩ ĞŶŽƌĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐĨŽƌŵĂŶĚƚŚĂƚƚŚĞĐŚĂŝƌŵĂŶŽĨĂŵĞĞƟŶŐŵĂLJƐŝŐŶƚŚĞŵŝŶƵƚes elec-tronically.ϱ D ĞŵďĞƌƐŵĂLJŶŽǁ ŵĂŬĞĂŶĚƐĞŶƚĂŶLJĨŽƌŵĂůƌĞƋƵĞƐƚƐĂďŽƵƚŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ;ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐƐƉĞĐŝĂůŐĞŶĞƌĂůŵĞĞƟŶŐͿŝŶǁ ƌŝƟŶŐĂƐǁ ĞůůĂƐelec-tronically.ϲ ĐŽŵŵŝƩ ĞĞŵĞĞƟŶŐŵĂLJďĞŚĞůĚĂƚŵŽƌĞƚŚĂŶŽŶĞǀ ĞŶƵĞƵƐŝŶŐǁ ŚĂƚĞǀ ĞƌƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJŝƐĂǀ ĂŝůĂďůĞĂŶĚĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞϳ WŽƐƚĂůĂŶĚĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐǀ ŽƟŶŐĂƚŐĞŶĞƌĂůĂŶŶƵĂůĂŶĚƐƉĞĐŝĂůŐĞŶĞƌĂůŵĞĞƟŶŐƐŚĂůůŶŽƚďĞĂůůŽǁ ĞĚ ϴhƐĞŽĨƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJĂƚĂŶLJŵĞĞƟŶŐŽĨƚŚĞĐůƵďƐƵďũĞĐƚƚŽĐŽŵŵŝƩ ĞĞĂƉƉƌŽǀ ĂůƚŽĂůůŽǁ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐƚŽƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĂƚĚŝī ĞƌĞŶƚǀ Ğnues.9. Currently the financial year for the club is the calendar year. At the request of the ATO, we are required to change that to the normal financial year (July to June). Presentation of Awards: President, Warwick Ravell awarded Dudley Bennett with awards from the annual Display Day for Cham-
pion of Champions for his Rover 75 Tourer (Diesel) and an award to replace a lost 2015 trophy.Eight members present were awarded Pride of Ownership Certificates from the 2016 Display Day; other certificates will be handed
out as members attend General Meetings, and pertinent events.General business: Michael Coombes spoke of the many spares he has stockpiled from the Flynn Auction. Members needing shock
absorbers are advised he has many types for a number or Rover models as well as many other spares also.Andrew Holland spoke to members in a quest to find a set of headers / extractors for his Rover TC 2000.If you can assist, please contact the Club Captain for contacts for Andy or Michael.Presentation – Lucas Lights and Rover Nick Munting introduced the “Light Chat” with a brief history of Lucas, the man and com-
pany and then Dudley Bennett followed with the “main event”, a great presentation of information and a practical look see on thepost war Lucas lights from Cyclops to P6, together with examples of most for audience interaction. Very informative and a great Q& A session followed.Dudley was presented with a chambray shirt at the completion of the meeting.Following the presentation, the lucky draw prizes were won by:PRIZE WINNER Bottle of wine - Michael Coombs; Bottle of wine - Roy Allen; Chocolates - Ken DunkleyThe Meeting was then adjourned for light refreshments. The meeting closed at 9:45pm.
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To make room for new stock, existing Rover Owners’ Club regaliais being cleared. Order details below.
The Car Collection.
Grill Badge $ 28.00
Windscreen sash. $ 10.00
Rover Wheel Stickers. $ 7.00
The Clothing Collection
Funds can be EFT’d to the ROC bank account prior to pick up of items.Electronic Funds Transfer can be made to the Bendigo Bank,
Account Name. Rover Owners’ Club BSB 633 000 Account 126 077 999Please use “your surname” “Payment Reason” Club shop/merchandise purchase so that payment can becorrectly allocated and receipted.
Cloth Badges (3 only) $ 7.00
Chambray Shirts $ 35.00(long sleeve only.)Email club shop for sizes available)
ROC Polo Shirts $ 35.00(Email club shop for sizes available)
ROC Spray Jacket $ 38.00(Email club shop for sizes available)
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Rover Owners’ Club Inc. Honour Roll.
Presidents
1965 - 1968 Keith Beale
1969 - July 1970 John Ballcock
July 1970 - 1972 Neville Lowe
1973 - 1976 James Moule
1977 – 1980 David Arnold
1981 - 1984 Robert Merrick
1985 – May 1987 Ray Quigley
May 1987- 1991 Tony Cope
1991 - 1994 Theo Lyras
1994 -1998 Michael Douglas
1998 -2003 Bruce Duncan
2003 - 2005 Derek Scott
2005 - 2009 Richard Dalziel
2009 - 2010 Jim Nicholson
2010 - 20162016—present
Janet LeggeWarwick ravell
Founding and Life members
The Rover Owners Club meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month (except December when it meets on the Thursday immediately after thesecond Wednesday) at the Veteran Car Club of Australia, 134 Queens Road, Five Dock. Meetings commence at 8pm sharp and usually consist of ageneral business meeting followed by a guest speaker or other appropriate entertainment. A light supper is usually served after each meeting.
People with an interest in the marque, owners or principal drivers OF ANY ROVER vehicle (including 4wd) are welcome to join. Currently thejoining fee is A$25.00 plus annual subscription A$40.00 including GST. Membership includes a year’s subscription of “Freewheeling”, the Club’smagazine. A members partner or relative can apply to be an Additional Family Member if they wish to participate on committee or vote at clubelections, but "Freewheeling" is not included. There is an annual fee of $10 per additional family member wishing to take up this option.
Electronic Banking details are:- Account Name. Rover Owners Club Inc. Bank . Bendigo BSB 633 000 Account number 126 077 999
Club postal address is: - Rover Owners’ Club, PO Box 503, Pennant Hills. 1715
The Club e-mail address is: - [email protected]
The club website is: - www.roverownersclub.com.au
Overseas subscriptions are warmly welcomed. Visitors are welcome at any time. The Club conducts a number of events during the year usuallyincorporating a drive to a particular venue. There are also social events that members may participate in, such as the Mother’s Day breakfast, annu-al dinner, picnics and the Club’s Annual Display Day.
An elected Management Committee supported by a number of appointed sub-committee roles manages the Rover Owners Club. The ManagementCommittee meets monthly on the second Wednesday night. The President usually chairs this meeting and minutes are kept.
Contributions to “Freewheeling” close on the first day of the month of publication. If you want to publish an article, news about an event or some-thing in the Market Place section it needs to be with the Editor by the first of the month.
Preference is to receive articles by email, but typed or even hand written will be acceptable, as long your writing is legible. Make certain yourname is on the article and your phone number in case we need to contact you. Do make certain we do not infringe copyright. If the article has comefrom another publication please let us know and also let us know if you already hold permission to reproduce the material.
Don’t try to set out the article, we will do that to fit the space we have available. Photographs need to be clear positives. Please write on the back(carefully) what the event is, who is in the photo and who owns it. That way we can have accurate descriptions and you have a good chance we willreturn your photograph.
‘Freewheeling’ is the official journal of the Rover Owners Club Inc. (under the NSW Associations Incorporations Act 1984) registered numberY2302602. On 23 September 1964 it was recognised as the first in the world by the Rover Company Ltd. The opinions expressed in Freewheel-ing are not necessarily those of the Rover Owners Club, its officers or members. Whilst all care is taken, this Club and its officers do not acceptresponsibility for opinions expressed or the availability or quality or fitness for use of any services, goods or vehicles notified for sale or hire orthe genuineness of any advertiser or author. Other clubs may reproduce articles originating from members with acknowledgement to this publica-tion.
Keith BealeGrahame Jones
Life members
Honorary Members
James Taylor
Jessie TesterAnne Lloyd-OwenBill CamptonBob CampbellTim Crick
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President Warwick Ravell [email protected] 0448 831 941
V/Pres & Club Captain Nicholas Munting [email protected] 9997 7590 0412 228 409
Secretary Warren Mc Ewen [email protected] 0418 695 503
Treasurer & Public Officer Richard Dalziel [email protected] 9489 3553 0412709 228
Registrar Thea Shearman [email protected] 9876 5999
ACT Representative Chris Forsey [email protected] 6297 1080
All British Rep Andrew Holland [email protected] 0414 625 236
Archivist Richard Eslick [email protected] 9980 5180
Club Parts Manuals Paul Anley [email protected] 9684 1795
Club Plates ACT Hugh Boulter [email protected] 6258 8221
Club Plates NSW Steven Williams [email protected] 9896 5650
Club Shop Alison Munting [email protected] 0412 228 409
Club Spares Paul Anley [email protected] 9684 1795
CMC rep/committee member Ian Shearman [email protected] 9876 5999
Council of ACT Motor Clubs Chris Forsey [email protected] 6297 1080
Editor Ken Dunkley [email protected] 9533 3326 0400 463 322
Librarian Andrew Holland [email protected] 0414 625 236
Postage Warwick Moriarty [email protected] 9773 4734
Rovernet/Publicity Nicholas Munting [email protected] 9997 7590 0412 228 409
Technical Coordinator Warren McEwen [email protected] 9980 2653 0418 695 503
Web master Rob Turner [email protected] 4861 4154 0404 463 489
Workshop Manuals Andrew Holland [email protected] 0414 625 236
Hunter Andrew Gill [email protected] 4948 1521
Illawarra Stuart Rigby [email protected] 4232 3148
North Eric Davison [email protected] 6624 4537
Western Peter Colwell [email protected] 6888 5310
Southern Highlands Rob Turner [email protected] 4861 4154 0404 463 489
Southern NSW/ACT Chris Forsey [email protected] 6297 1080
Pre-War James Moule [email protected] 9580 1433
P2/P3 Greg Alexander roverp2p3@ roverownersclub.com.au 9569 5159
P4 Nicholas Cope [email protected] 0487 474 695
P5/P5B Warwick Ravell [email protected] 9872 7860
P6/P6B Andrew Holland [email protected] 0414 625 236
SD1 Adrian Rowland [email protected] 4787 8591
Post 1986 Richard Eslick [email protected] 9980 5180
Land Rover Graham Dawson [email protected] 9982 8828
R.Rover/Discovery Jim Nicholson [email protected] 9624 2247
R40 . 75 Ian Shearman [email protected] 9876 5999
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