Canterbury Engineers.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4857, 24 January 1894, Page 2

Canterbury Engineers.

The annual meeting and smoke concert P the Canterbury Engineers were held last rening, in the new orderly-room. Lieumant M'Gee was in tbe chair, and there as an attendance of about forty-five lemberß. The Bey W. S. Bean, chaplain d the corps, was present. An apology for bsence was received from Lieutenant■olonel Gordon. The Secretary and Treasurer, Corporal i. _ Donaldson, read the balance-sheet, rhich was adopted. It showed the receipts o have been £107 Ua, and the expenditure .107 ls BJ, leaving a credit of 12s 4d. Sergeant-Major Midgley and Corporal Jridgman were appointed to the Finance Jommittee, in conjunction with the officers. Corporal Donaldson was unanimously rejected secretary and treasurer, and a nonus of £3 3s was voted to him for hia )aßt services. Pour members of the Filing Committee -Sergeant-Major Midgley, Sergeant Hean, 3orporal Bridgman and Lance-Corporal fVatts — were re-elected ; and Sapper Buntin was elected to fill the vacancy saused by the retirement of Sergeant Fisher. Ifc was resolved to vote £15 to the Firing Committee for carrying on the ■shooting during the year. • Corporal Pegg and Sapper Moirow were appointed auditors. The Firing Committee reported that the success of the yeai's Bhooting was principally due to the members who canvassed .or prizes, and to th_ donors who responded so liberally. The committee had given effect to the recommendation of the outgoing committee regarding the offering of fifteen or twenty prizes for a day's Bhooting. This waß acted upon in principle, but had tobe subjected to certain modifications. The division of the company into two classes, in order to give the younger shots a chance, bad proved a success. In shooting matters the committee noted an improvement, and was hopeful that next year the corps would be able to turn out a good team. Funds, however, were slack in this conneotion, and much in the way of prize 3 could not be done until they revived. The Firing Committee thanked the members for the esprit de corps shown aU through, and for their willingness to give effeot to its wishes in every way. It recommended the incoming committee to so manipulate available prizes aB to make the competitions spread over the season without having to apply to the public for some time to come. It recommended consideration of the question of a second team to represent the company, as more men were available than could get shooting in the first-class team ; and also that the company Bhould make a grant to the firing committee for shooting purposes only. The busineßß having been disposed of* the members sat down to supper. The toast of "The Qaeen" was honoured, and then the Chairman called on the Bey W. S. Bean to present the prizes. The recruits' prize, presented by Captain Webster, was won by Sapper Mansfield, and the trained men's pnz9 was divided between Sappers Smith and Swanson. The Bhooting competition for the men who worked at Bromley resulted aa follows: — Lance-Corporal Watt»l, SapperTaylor 2, Sergeant-Major Midgley 3> Corporal Bridgman 4. Sergeant- Major Midgley proposed the toast of "The Officers of the Company," coupled with the names of Lieutenant M'Gee and the Bey W. S. Bean. Lieutenant M'Gee and i Mr Bean, in replying, congratulated the company on the position it held. MrBean invited the membara to a church parade, and it was resolved to hold one at Addington in February. Some discussion took place with regard to the position of. the corps and tho band. A committee, consisting of Sergeant-Major Midgley, Corporal Bridgman, lance-Corporal Watts and Sapper Mansfied, waa appointed to meet tbe band and report to the corps. During tho evening come very good songs were given by members, and altogether a very pleasant time was spent-