RIFLE CLUBS' ASSOCIATION.
.;.'■■■• ; ,vv ANNUAL - MEETING.; : > The nWual meeting of the Wellington Di* ; trict Defence Rifle ClubsVAssociation wm hol<i ,-.;■■; at Poarce's Rooms, Cuba Street lost; even- -,\ ing, Mr. W. E. Jackson (vicc-presidont) being in 1 [■ .the chair.; There a.vory. good .attondaß.c* : of: ■■ ■' ,: A; ' ■:'■:'■■■:■■" '\ '' v : ■,'■•- '■; Tho ■ annual report')stated - that there wa» ■'"'■■ at present standing to ; tho credit of the association a snm of XlB Os. 2d.; last year th» ■ credit .balance was some £22. r ,Tho. attend- , ance at the . association's prizo meeting; at Trentham Inst 6oason, .54, .was hardly m good as at tho previous meeting, • whan 05 competi- '. torsi entered.,' Tho programme of events,.and . prite-money allotted, were „' again arranged on a liberal scalp, Tor donations to tho prirr'v fund, the association, expressed its thanks to . tfr/W. H. Keld, M.P. (patrou), 'and Messrs.-. : W. A. Graco,W. H. Ballinger,..W. E. Jack, son, TV. H. Tisdall (vice-presidents), and Messrs, •; .Staples and Co. Thanks w*n-6 also expressed:, to Lieutenant W.'V. Smith, who acted l m range-offlcer. for tho' prise meoting, the KaiK; '" way Department. for, its courtesy, in arrange ■ ing for the necessary;train sen-ice, and'.thr; :.. press. -.'■ ■'; '' : . ''■'.■'■.'■ '■■• ;'.'""' ;'■': ■'■■.■■.■',"■.' •■'''■'■'■.'<' The report was adopted. .'• ■■;■.■ "';■!■■•■■'''.'' '.' >y GAnRISON RIFLE : ASSOCIATION, i ', ; Rifleman 'H.-,:-Marshall (Karori . Eifie i Clubt raised the question of an amalgamation' oi V interests between the rifle clnbs.and the Gar- V rison Rifle- Association (this:■ question:: woir negatived at the previons annual: meeting of the Rifle Clubs . Association). ;■■ He :moved to ' the effect that delegates bo appointed to confer ■•'■ with the Kxebutiye Committee of the .Garrison ' : Rifle Association on the■ subject., • : ~ '■> '-■■:'■ Rifleman l<. Kitchen (Upper Hntt) eccorided the motion. '■ ... ■■,/.. ■•' '•''■.■./ .Rifleman \W Judd, (ICarori) moved u,m' : - amendment that' the affairs :of ■ the associa- • tiott bo: wound /up and the surplus cash di- ; ' vided among the Upper Hutt, Karqri, and' l'etone Clubs. /Tho amendment, which wnij seconded by Rifleman , J, Burns (Karori), was, lost, and tho'original motion was. Uieti. put and carried. ■■,'. ''. ' ,; ''■'.'>'.. '~■■ ■■ ■ ■ Riflemen H. Marsliall (Karori),:, L. Kitchen (Upper Hutt), .C.-.Hi Hird (Potonc), 'and'W. : E. Jackson (as, representative of tho Rifle Clubs' Association) n-cre selected to negotiate , with tho Garrison Riflo Association, with in- ■ structions to ask that representation on , the Garrison Association, with eligibility for oleci. , tion to committees, and open teams and individual competitions, to , bo placed first in : the honours list,, be accepted as a basis of V 1 amalgamation. ..... , ... '~:.■'
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 635, 12 October 1909, Page 5
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384RIFLE CLUBS' ASSOCIATION. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 635, 12 October 1909, Page 5
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