HASTINGS NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 613, 16 September 1909, Page 11

HASTINGS NOTES.

c 1 _ ; ; ~y. ; - .--Vr :::^ : - : .;(By/Telcsrapbl— Corroaebßdant.) v ■■■~ HastmQS, September 13. The annual ; meeting- of -thp_ .Jla§tings ; -Cricket Club ; tooK place-last night, when there was ; ,a fair attendance . ofmembers. Mr. '•' G. S. Clapham :(president) took- the, chair. /The election of officers., resulted; as ''follqvs[—President, llr. G. ' S:-Claphain; : secretary ..and- treasurer,. Mr. A. E. .Peters; It. was : decided ;to open the season;; 1 oil/Saturday-'.'next'. atCornwall -Park. The'ptesidenti presented: Mr. Ar Dillon's trophy for .the :'.best fieldsnian to 'A 1 Coggins/ ' Mombors'.'.of; the St. 'Andrew's troop of boy scouts-'wero -sworn; in-last .night.' Two patrols woro i'also - formed;- and. one other, decided on. The following are. the ; officers:;Scoutmaster,'-P. E. ,'Mattheiwsj'Quartermaster, j." P. 'Matthews) patrol leaders,. J.' S.'-Mjtohell, and H. Apperley; .obrporals,' ,' G. Battershill- ; and . 'A'.)'Mitchell. 'After; the: swearing-in ceremony,'; a prograihmo' and .recitations wore. given. fire..- brigade ;:pcactised last' night with :th'e';new: chemical : engine,- -under ■ the-direction of Superintendent Hugo. ' : Y ... The.Quarterly, meeting,.'of the .'Hastings Fire Board was held yesterday, the Mayor presiding.;." Correspondence -was' received' from , the Chi'istchurch.: brigade, asking/ if . tho' board favoured a conference of fire. boards,. to be held when-' Parliaments meots,; in' brdor.; to /discuss amendments to legislation and .other matters relating.;to';' funds.; :'The: board -approved of holding ,aconference,: and:- a. delegate will attend. .-The brigade superintendent reported two iir.es. since July 1, and that all plant was in good ;order,'.but;-add?d :that. on; the ; occasion of . the-last. alarm (in: the day-time) no horses could bo . procured for haulage. Correspondence was also received from James - Brown offering tho loan of-two horses, to bo'stabled at-the station during night-time at .£2C per annum, vAfter : discussion', .it .was resolved to pet ! annum toMr!-Brown, tto 1 horses to-be stabled all night/'and the risk of damage to . the horses , to be taken .by Mr. Brown drivers, to; be It was also resolved ,to, -advertise for -the loan -of .'horses in :the day-time, at; tho rate, of-.£l for;the first'-'timo horses, -owners., to ..take_.aH risks.lt was further, decided to ask tho, Government to 'forward;a copy .of Inspector Hugo's report on hr. last visit to ''Hastings, 'i- .