NEW COURSING CLUB.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LIX, Issue 6875, 13 March 1883, Page 6

NEW COURSING CLUB.

■"1l> On Friday <-»eaing, March 0, a meeting wu wr.Tec»d by &<• M'ft'ae, jonr., of Courteflay, asd h*!d at the Kirwee Hotel, for the purple of diasu*«ing the ad?inability of forming a Courting Club for the Courtenay diitricfc. About 25 gentlemen aeaenibled, and after ft snort dijcutjioo htr Hanger wi roted to the chair. The Chairman few fly mlroduesd the bu*io6»» of the meeting, remarking that tha fadliti*« for a tflab were »* K» at ln i the Eirwea diatrict a» in any other. It would, It* thought, diaafoiah pembwg, and cp*a up » field for legitimate tfort, in whsob any number of gentlemen coold take part. Mr M'Sm bad »wa induced to call the ateiiif bj the remembrance of NTtml dm «nj rant which ihey had expaneneea is the »*tt ****©», and touted that» Olob would be formed. , . L , .. Mr BaratU would be glad to taut in the forstaMon of «a«» * Cflab Thej had ample aaopa in th« tbapa of eEteaaive paddocka, and «oo;d meat with tba bearty ©o operation of U»* ku&awiM»a la the diatrict. AfUsr asm* further diaeuwioo, eighteen f estjamaa gwre in thatr oaotee »» xnembera of tha prop .ead Club. Ote of thoaa (iretaub

intimated that the dub, whs* formed, would hav* free use of tJte extacttiv* grounds of Captain Toeswill, of Sirwee* This inform* tion wa* well raoeived.

Th» following gtatlematt wera «i*ototi to *-t Ma Commit*** s—Messrs Twesdle, Lord, Blacklay, A, BUwart, M'Wae, and Burnett, Mr M'Hao was appointed B&cretvtft Mr Blaekley Treasurer, and Mr Banger was asked to officiate a* Fresidtf&t of the Club. The annual subscription was fixed at oae guinea* and the Oantorbury Club's rules were adopted. It was also decided that the wursine dtsfcriot should comprise OourUnay, Shefiaid, South Malvern, and North Bakaia B**4 Board dUtnds. Xh» appouJirowst of Jurftfe was postponed for * future meeting to decide.