MEETINGS

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 April 1933, Page 8

MEETINGS

NELSON LAND BOARD

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A meeting of the Nelson Land Board was held on Thursday last. Present: Mr A. F. Waters, Commissioner of Crown Lands (Chairman) and Messrs A. R. Edwards, J. O’Regan, W. Blackadder' and F. W. Gibbs. Application for Land: —Section 8, Block 111, Waitakere S.D., area 1 acre lrd. lOpchs. Applicant, Mrs J. I-lartill. —Resolved to call upon applicant to advertise the application once in a newspaper circulating in the district. Application for extension of term of license. —Part. Section 232, Block Vl,' Reefton S.D., area 12ac. lrd 20pchs, B. A. Rogers. —Declined. Application to Cut Mining Props.— 30 acres in Block 11, Waitakere S.D., J. J. McCann. —Resolved to grant a license to cut mining props at the usual royalty rates. Cancellation of Timber Cutting License. —Pt. Section 9, Block XII, Maruia S.D., area 10 acres, R. Bunn. — Resolved to rescind resolution of 9.6.32. Cancellation. —300 acres in Block VI, Waitakere S.D., M. H. Mitchell.— Resolved to cancel license as from 31.12.32.

Forfeiture. —Section 6, Block 1, Hope S.D., area 666 acres; Section 10, Block I, Hope S.D., area 434 acres; Section 5, Block IV Matiri S.D., area 413 acres; Section 12, Block IV, Matiri S.D., area 152 acres. A. Drummond. —Resolved to declare the leases forfeited.

Application to effect improvements on education reserve lease. —Section 82, Sq. 7, Block XVI, Mt. Arthur S.D., area 213 acres, J. L. Hodges.—Approved. Appointment of Appraiser.—Section 10, Block VIII, Matiri S.D., area 121 acres, C. L. Baigent.—Resolved to appoint Mr AV. Moynihan arbitrator for the Land Board. The Board also dealt with 10 items “in committee.”

MINIATURE RIFLE CLUB.

The second annual meeting of the

G-freymouth Miniature Rifle Club was held last evening, Mr Sharman preside ing over an attendance of fifteen members.

The President’s annual report, which is as follows, was read and adopted:— In presenting my report for the second annual meeting I am pleased to state that the season proved a successful one, after taking into consideration the difficulties the club was put to having to shift the range to the present site. The Club’s thanks are due to Mr Kim Williams for granting us the use of this building for a range at a very low rental in comparison with what we were paying for our late quarters. This' has now enabled us to provide more shooting nights. The balance-sheet shows an exenditure of £35/1/1, a big percentage of this being incurred in the installing of our new range. The receipts, show a decrease in subscriptions on the previous season, likewise the sale of ammunition. Hhis may have been caused by the hard times we passed through. The Club’s assets of £3O include rifles, gear and targets. Looking at the balance-sheet in a broad-minded manner, I think the Club can be congratulated in finishing up the season with a credit balance of 14/3J, so making the season a succesful one, a large percentage of credit going to our worthy secretary. During the yeai- various competitions were held', the shooting being very keen. The following were the prize-winners:—Hotty Button (men’s) —President. Hotty Button (ladies) — Miss J. Hamilton. Edmond’s Cup( which is the property of the Club and held by the winner for twelve months —Mr XV. Hamilton. Patron’s trophy— Mr J. Phibbs. John Burns trophy— President. Sweepstake—J. Prendergast, T. Garth and T. Nankervill. Club trophy (men’s) —Mi’ E. R. Moss. Club trophy (ladies) —Miss N. Hamilton. The election of officers resulted: — Patron, Mr J. O’Brien, M.P.; President, S. Sharman (re-elected); VicePresident, S. Ashton; SecretaryTreasurer, M. Garth (re-elected);

Assistant-Secretary, J. Malloy (reelected); Committee, J. Phibbs, L. Forrest, T. Garth, W. Hamilton, A. E. Rawlins; Targets Checkers, T. Garth, and J. Phibbs; Auditor, R. Simmers (re-elected); Vice-Patrons, Kim Williams, G. Ashby, J. W. Greenslade, A. Grogan, D. Stevenson, P. J. McLean, W. Meldrum, L. Shuttleworth, J. D. Edmonds (Christchurch).

On the motion of Messrs Phibbs and Ashton, it was decided that the committee go into the matter of forming an independent ladies’ club. Subscriptions were fixed as follow: Senior 5/-; junior (18 years and under) 2/6; ladies 2/6. It was resolved on the motion of Messrs S. Ashton and ,L. Forrest that club members be asked to take out 5/- debentures, to cover the debit, and to purchase two new barrels, the debentures to be repaid by ballot, as the club’s funds permit. It was decided: (1) That the price of ammunition be the same as last year, 6d for 8 shots; (2) That the opening night be Tuesday, April 18, with a President’s v. Vice-President’s match.

PRACTICE SHOOT

At the conclusion of the meeting;

the members fired a practice shoot. The following were the scores (possible 70): —W. Hamilton 69, R. Simmers 68, J. Phibbs 66, S. Sharman 66, F. Malloy 65, L. Forrest 65, C. Richardson, S. Ashton, M. Garth 61, J. Malloy 59, T. Garth SS, I. Hamilton 47.