RIFLE SHOOTING

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 59, 7 September 1923, Page 2

RIFLE SHOOTING

PETONE CLUB'S ANNUAL " ; : MEETING. . > _The annual general meeting of the Han^i^T 6 Ottb.wa. hdd-.-in gthe Drill Hall on Tuesday evening. Mr R E Flanes presided over a good attendance^ The annual report and balance-sheet were presented-and adopted, the chairman commenting on the good position both- numerically and ■ financially^ could not accept the position of presi- .; The election of officers for the incoml,nVefrOn r6SUlted as follos:-S- W----dent Mr. W. a BaUinger • deputy fndt F 1 H- 5f S- T" W and E. E; Hicks; secretary »nd treas- «>;«•. Mr. J, Scott (vs-elect^d) "audHo-, Sir. .E. Hoßg re-electeH); committee frt E. Flaws,. A. BalHng™ £'. Balhncer, A. Weir . W Rvan V W Nicholl; delegates' to & S?- ni(|^=^fKw^.S!a W- H, BalUnger, A. Weir, W. Ryan T, W. Warburton, and E. E Hicks vice-presidents, Messrs. W A Grace W, T. Strand, H: Jay C W T Tavlor' H, S. Langdon. j. W. M'Ewah H ' J^ Donovan, E. P. Rishworth! R- c' Rl^ n <D:, Woodward, H. F 8: V.- Burndire, E. P. Bunny, T "Balhneer, and W. H. Ballinijer sen r It was resolved to revert to tlie handicap system in the series competitions; spoons to b f ocmpeted for from S cratcn with penalties of three points for each j ppoon won The handicapper appointed was Mr. A S. Ballin,rer. ' The Fope™ing day wag left to the arrangement of thi president. A vote of sympathy was passed to the relatives of the late Mr W Edhn, who *as a life member of the club,' . v. A gift of a new rifle was made to the retiring president as a email memento of his untiring and unselfish iwork during his eleven years' term as president ■ Several new members were elected, nnd several donations made to the prize list for the comin<r season