Some of the well-dressed crew of Rawhiti . February 1913 . Froni row : E . Sayer and Frank Alben . Back Row : E . Sayer and E . R . Jury .
A . E . Cutlcr ยท s Kukuburra .
Jn the same year ii was re . wived to adopt a ' club whisky '. This was J . Dewar & Sons " Imperial at a cost of I Os 6d per gallon . The Secretary was ins1ructed to order an ocU1vc immediately and to have it broken down 10 the required strength .
The next year . 1911 , was a nolllble miJesione in the club ' s history . Commodore N . H . Murray announced 10 the members 1ha1 after negotiations with
His Majesly ' s Government the club bad been honoured with pcrmissionloaffix " Royal " to its name . ft thereby became the second so honoured in Pon Jackson . This . of course , necessitated ccr1 > 1in action . The lencr of authority was framed and hung in the club Reading Room and the remainder of the correspondence regarding the Royal Charter was kept in
the safe . The existing uoifonn rules were to be altered and it was o : sofved that
the uniform of tile club shall be a navy blue suit with oxidi ! led buttons bearing the letters RPA YC with a roya . I crown and anchor , and a blue cloth cap with a badge consisting of a royal crown , anchor and laurel wreath . The officers ' uniforms shall differ only from the above by the Commodore ' s having three half-inch gold bands , the Vice-Commodore ' s two half-inch gold bands with n quafler-inch gold band between them , the Rear-Commodore ' s two half -inch gold bands and the Secretary " s and Honorary Treasurer " s two
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