NATIONAL RESERVE.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15894, 7 May 1917, Page 3

NATIONAL RESERVE.

! SUMNER-REDCLIFFS UNIT. T!ie annual meeting of the Sumner-Red-i ,:tia unit of tho National Reserve vr«a held l.'. .Sumner on Saturday night, when Captain ■ MiJdlcton. presided over a fair attendance ! o: members. Mr It. Piercy presented Captain Middle lon, ! tins winner oi one of the shooting eonipetii tionfl, with a medal the gift of Mt A. C. ' V/ilaon, and Mr A. Hines, mmwr-up, with a silver epoon, given, by Mr G. White.

: The annual report stated that during the ' ypur it becan.tt necessary to move the xango, ; and th© opportunity was taken to mako con- ! iiidcrablo improvements to it. Tho thanks j of tho unit were duo to those members who i euvo their tim© in helping to carry out the l improvements to the range, and aJeo to i Messrs W. G. Roberta, J. F. Best, and others I u-ho gavo material, etc. Two handicap touri numrnta were held during tho year, which to-

j suited in Messrs J. F. Beet and J. S. Middi<s ! ton respectively being the ■ winnera, with i Messrs 11. Andrews and A. B. Hinee Tunj nera-up. The prizes were given by Me&flra ! A.- C. Wilson, J. S. Middle ton, J. F. Best, j and G. White. Th© following membem wero on active service:—H. Box, J. S. Hines, and I H. Whitley. | Tho receipts for the year, including donaj tions. amounted to £'45 7a 4d, and the oxpenditure, including £15 17s Gd for miniature rifles, aperture sights, _ accessories, and I repairs, to £U 14s 9d, leaving a balance of ! 12s 7d in the bank.

j It was arranged to open the shooting j season on Saturday on the Sumner range.