WELLINGTON RIFLE CLUBS' ASSOCIATION.

Evening Post, Volume LXXII, Issue 112, 8 November 1906, Page 8

WELLINGTON RIFLE CLUBS' ASSOCIATION.

ANNUAL REPORT. The report to be presented at the annual meeting of the Wellington Rifle Clubs' Association on Monday next by the Secretary of tb.it body (Mr. C. H. Aamodt) states: — "The report for last year's, shooting meeting, which was held cm 26th December (Boxing Day), 1905, is satisfactory, and financially feo. The attendance of competitors was about the &anie as. the previous year, although I ami pretty sure had we known earlier than we did (21st December) that clubsmen would have been granted passes, thei^e would have been a few more present, .ivs it was there was no time to leply to many enquiries re same that had been received fiom intending competitors. Another thing that kept a few aw.iy was the Wanganui meeting coming just ai couple of days after ours, and which led to our only holding a one day's meeting so as to allow many of our competitors to go there. Notwithstanding this, the club has now a fair balance in hand, viz., £14, for its coming meeting and expenses in connection with same. The progiamme last year for a one day's meeting was a liberal one, consisting of four matches (14 prizes in each match), with three grand! aggregate prizes and teams' match (five men aside), and the total sum given in prizes ran into some £60. In addition the Licensed Victuallers' Association of Wellington (in which Mr. A. Smith, Cricketers' Arms, an old A.C. vet., and a good shot, took a great interest) gave a very handsome silver cup valued at £50 to be fired for, open only to shooting men of Wellington, including Upper Hutt, the main conditions being two wins in succession or three at intervals; first two matches, highest aggregate, to be fired for annually. Substantial donations to the funds of the association were also received • from the following : — W. H. Field, Esq., M.H.R. (patron), vice-presi-dents Messrs. W. A. Grace, F. J. Lissington, W. H. Balliuger, W. H. Tisdall, A. M. Hayward, and Messrs. Staples and Co, our worthy president, Dr. J. M. Mason, who has always well supported the association, and also been" present at | some of the meetings, being absent from the colony at the time. To the above gentlemen hearty thanks of the associoj tion have been tendered for their assistance and support, also to the press, Licensed Victuallers' Association for their handsome prize, Railway Department, and others. "The shooting was of a fine order, good scores being made in each match, and everything in connection with the meeting going smoothly (with one (-light exception at the beginning, viz., tho telephone communication being out of proper working orcicr). Rideman J. Burns (K.R.C.) won thb grand aggregate pri/.e, including champion gold medal (presented by the patron). Private G. ■Lacey (Guards) second, and Rifleman G. Hyde (0.R.C.) third. Rifleman J. Burns also secured first win for the Licensed Victuallers' Association Cup, with 149 points, the runners-up being Priv.it e Lacey and Rifleman If. Hawthorne (K.R.C), 144 each. The latter also won the first pri?ie (W. A. Grace's) in the first match. The Teams Match was won by the Opaki team by one point, aftor a good go, Karori Rifle Club No. 1 team second, Upper Hutt third, 'K.U.C. No. 2 team fourth, and Pet one fifth. Mr. Field, who has always been present at the meetings, attended in thf> afternoon, and presented thb ntfcjoi j>rize» to the successful winneis, complimenting them upon the. good shooting made and the fine prizes given, and mentioning the Licensed Victuallers' Cup that Itiiloniiin Burns had scored a win for. Mr. Lissington replied thanking Mr. Field for his attendance, and stating that clubsmen generally recognised they had a real champion in him (Mr. Field) for clubs' welfare and shooting generally. Lieut. -Colonel Collins, V.D., Captain C. 11. Turner, and several other battaliori officers, also paid a visit in the morning, while Lieut. W. Smith (Guards) kindly acted as range cfficer, all these being, outside military duties, enthusiasts in shooting. Thanks are also due to the executive committee, to Messrs. W. Judd (treasurer), R. Randell chairman, and the -auditors (Messrs. J. Burns and C. Trevethick) for the interest they still maintain in the association. As tho cdubs' meeting is always open to volunteers or any shooting man, and .shooting generally has taken on lately, it is fully oxpectcd that tho association's coming meeting will be as well attended as any previous ones."

Sitting in Ins civil jurisdiction at the Magistrate's Court to-day, Dr. M'Artliur, S.M., gave judgment for plaintiffs in tho following cases : — Stewart Timber, Glass, and Hardware Co., Ltd., v. Thomas Morrison, £21 Is Bd, costs £1 Z&; tamo v. Osmond Butler, trading as Osmond Butler Timber Co., £17, costs £1 Is ; James M'Parland v. James Ken- i nedy, £3, costs £1 &>; Dreeden Pkno Co. v. Henry Hilton, £2 9s, costs 10s; same v. Geo. Maginness. £9 12s Bd, costs £1 7s 6d; Patrick 'Mackin v. Henry Guppy, £2, costs 10s; Laery and Co., Ltd., v. Robert Smith, £1 lls 6d, costs 8s ; W. J. Gaudin and Son v. Marie I S. Black, £1 2s 9d, costs ss ; Mark Kebbcll v. George Howe, poeses&ion of tenement on or before 15th inst. and £1 15s, coets 11s; Robert James Boyd v. Alexander Malcomb, 10s 6d, costs ss. In the judgment summons case Emma M. Greville v. Maurice D. Gillon, a debt of £10 7s, debtor was ordered to pay a balance of £4 13s forthwith, in default j fourteen days' imprisonment, warrant to j be suspended till 22nd inst. Louis Lloyd j M oori:, who was indebted to Veitcli and Allitn to the extent of £10 Is 6d, was ordered to pay the amount forthwith, in default one month's imprisonment, warrant to be suspended till 22nd November. A similar order was made in tho caf>e Edwin Lewis Isaac v. Wm. Richardson, a debt of £38 14s. No orders were mado in the casen James Erasmus Cunliffo v. Henry Joaia-h Oakley, a debt of £3 19s lid, and Lucy H. Ponlineton v. Hsary Archibald Callughan, a debt of £«? 15s sd. After long waiting and local agitation, the small children of tho Upper Hutt township were provided with a, mdc school in tho town hall building to-day. There was uu attendance of fioine sixty children, but, writes a correspondent, there was desk accommodation for only thirty. Th^ preliminary trouble in to be removed ; mmediately by the Education Board. Wellington had the unusual experienco to-day of a strong westerly wind and heavy rain, the latter coming on suddenly und continuing. Tho outer portions of the city iuid the country districts will welcome tho rain, for jt wiJJ refresh tho cropa und relill tho tallies. Captain Edwin forecasts rain in all parts of the North Island. The Weather throughout tho colony tliiH morning wan of a mixed nature, the sky generally being overcast, and at 9 a.m. the shado temperatures in the four centres were as follows: — Auckland 62deg, Wellington 59deg, Christchurch 63deg, D lined in 67deg. In order to give- (teem to sites of tho workmen's cottages which tho Government Ikli decided to erect on its acre off Coiouiandel-Ntrcet, a considerable amount of cutting and levelling will hu.va to be done. Plant* of tho proposed road works Have been submitted to the City Engineer's depa|tment, bub up to tho present the Public Works Department has not obtained tho necessary authority from tho municipal authorities to go on with the Kcheino, and until it is given the erection of the, cottage* will not bo prot cecded with t „