NAPIER INANIMATE PIGEON GUN CLUB.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 190, 29 July 1911, Page 3

NAPIER INANIMATE PIGEON GUN CLUB.

AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING

A meeting was held in the Masonic Hotel last evening for the purpose of forming an inanimate pigeon gun club in Napier. There was a fair attendance and Mr. T. Parker was in the chair. The Chairman said that on account of the number of shooting enthusiasts in Napier it was desirable that a gun club be formed, and an inanimate pigeon gun club could be run in the meantime. He had made enquiries about a suitable ground .and had found that one could be got close to the town at a reasonable rental. Considerable support had been promised if a chib was formed. 40 persons already promising to join. It was proposed on the motion of Mr. G. R. Foreman, seconded byMr. S. Tomlinson and carried : “That a gun club lie formed to be called the Napier Inanimate Pigeon Gnu Club.” It was decided to affiliate with the New Zealand Gun Club Associat ion.

The election of office-bearers was as follows: - Patron. Mr. J. Vigor Brown. M.P. : presi-h nt. Mr. C. E. Kennedy : vice-presidents. Messrs. T. Parker. E. B. Williams. H. J. Duff. F. Meiller. N. Kettle. 11. E. Troutheck. G. P. Donnellv. M . J. Douglas. G. R. King ami Dr.

Harvey : committee : Messrs. A. Row bottom. C. E. Small. P. Wooii. J. Shera. G. Foreman. E. H. Ricketts. A. C. Galbraith. S. Tomlinson. J. Kelly. F. O'Sh-niii’is.ay ; hon treasurer. M. T. Paiker ; hon. secretary, Mr. A. I alls; referee. Mr. C. L. Maekergev ; auditor. Mr. A. Sandtmann.

| Several valuable trophies have 1' been promised for competition. The date of the first match was left in the hands of the committee i to deal with.