WOODVILLE.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4405, 11 July 1901, Page 6

WOODVILLE.

EIFLE CLUB REGULATIONS. (Bv Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) v Wednesday, 7 p.m. A meeting of townspeople was held last evening to discuss the appointment of a nightwatchrtian for the town. Out of twenty applicants far the position Mr W. Lovell was appointed. Steps are to be taken to have the nightwatchman sworn in as a special constable. With reference to the letter sent you by Mr Taylor, Mayor of Woodville, denying the accuracy of the report of the fleeting held last week, the secretary of the meeting has certified in the local paper (hat a fair and accurate report was published. ( • A special meeting of the Woodville Rifle Club was held last evening and discussed th© new rules, for rifle clubs issued by the Defence Department. 'The following resolution was unanimously carried-. that in the opinion of the meeting the new rules for the government of rifle clubs be approved, with the exception of rule 3, and the meeting would respectfully suggest that the following be submitted : “That any man who has served three years as a Volunteer may join a Government rifle club, and that any man 30 years of age or over without Volunteer service he allowed to join a Government rifle club irrespective of'the distance at which he resides from the centre of a Volunteer corps/'” It was also resolved that the meeting is of opinion that , if rule 3 is adhered to it will deprive the defence force of the colony of the services of many prominent shots. A motion was passed thanking the Minister of Defence for having considered, and in large measure given effect to the recommendations made to him and to his predecessors on behalf of the rifle clubs of the colony. The local brass hand has been attached to the Euahine Battalion, and will in future he known as the Euahine Battalion Band. The band proposes to hold a plain and fancy dress hall at an ea;rly date in aid of the funds. . . , Private McCormick, of the Third Contingent, a son of one of onr settlers, was married to-day to Miss Graham, of Hastings. Invitations .were issued to some three hundred guests to be present tonight at a dance at the parents residence. Preparations are being made to give Sergeant B. M. Grant, who is a son of the editor of the local paper, and Private Parsons, of Coonoor, a reception on their arrival. It is understood that the Arbitration Court will sit at Napier during September to decide what amount the Government will pay Mr G. Crosse for the Kumeroa Estate, which was recently taken under the Lands for Settlement Act.