WESTLAND TROTTING CLUB.

Grey River Argus, 18 January 1912, Page 7

WESTLAND TROTTING CLUB.

At the annual meeting of the Westl;md Trotting Club, held at Hokitika on Tuesday' night, the • fo'llowinjr' officeirs were elected:- — 7-

President, . Mr. F. ' McGregor Vice-president, • .'Mr V'C. F. Sellers; Judge, Mr.' I^. McGregor ; Deputy. Judge, Mr. 7R7 AVhite ; secretary and treasurer.. Mr. M. Houston ;. clerk of scales, Mi 1 . Gi Dee ; clerk .of course. Mr. F. Fane; starter, Mr. H. Thompson; check starter, Mr. .1). J. Evans;-time-k.ee]3ers, 'Messrs Sellers and W. Pritcliarcl ; hariflic'iippei', Mr. Noble.

It was decided' ;to hold a. trotting meeting tin Thursday, April 10 th, when £125 will be- gjven :in pi:ize money.

One question; before Mr Widdowson. S.M., at Dvmedin, on Monday last, was whether a' cerbain person by excels 1 ye drinking impaired" ,'nis 'health; wasted Jiis substance,, iindv.' so on, and amongst the .-many so-called facts given to the Magistrate was this :-. thnt- the,, man .dressed himself at sevaii in the evening and prepared io "go .to work, thinking it was seven -in • the morning. The" witness pre-sented-this as" proof positive. Tnspectoi- ODea, of the Government ■I);iLry .Division- has paid an oflicial visit to the -''Charleston Dairy Factory, and lias . pronounced . tht-» butler U) be firstclass. . ' ■ ' . ■ .' * ' '