THE CANTERBURY MOUNTED RIFLS

A dismounted parade of»tl*e Canterbury Mounted was .held in th« orderiy room on Thursday evening, when there >vas a« excellent att«ntbnce. Captain Snow in com nwad. with Mm Lieutenant Peacock. Sur geon-Major lrvmg-was also in attendance. At tiie close of the parade the annual nu-et ing —as lieW, Captain Hup— presitlutg. I'h* annual report, read by the. chairman, commented upon the success which had atteaded the mpunted volunteers durLug the year. Reference —as made to the part.tho numbers of the corps had taken in the vari ous contingent*. .Most of the Canterbury Mounted iiifles who liad gone with the contingents lxa-d taken good places, a fact whidi was doubtless cfUe to the system of drill adopted m the corps. A vacancy having occurred in the commissioned ranks, Air Peaaxk had been elected. The Govern ment had giveu authority to recruit up to 80. aad with t?is men enrolled the ranks were nearly filled. The balance-sheet showed receipts £246 11s 2d and expenditure £ilB 18s 4d, leaving a balance to the credit of the corps of £56 Is lid. The officers elected fm- the ensuing year were.-—-Secretary and assistant treasurer, Trooper Wiightf; general and finance com mtttee, the officers and non-commissioned officers: shooting committee, Lance-Cor poral Winter and Trooper Wright (Christ church), Corporal Barrett and Trooper Bet tridge (Halsweil), Sergeant' Major Macartney and Tro&par Ridder (Tai Tapu); custodian of arms,. Sergeant Bradley and Trooper Pykett ; delegates to Range Association. Sergeant-Major Macartney and Ti'coper Wright. Captain Snow read theletter of sympathy which he had sent to Mr Neave, and his action was approved. Votes of thanks were accorded to Lieutenant-Colonel Slater, T.D., Captain FaJairet, Surgeon- Major Irving, the officers, and the outgoing officials, with three cheers for "Our boys in South Africa." During the evening the men were measured for their new khnrki uni forms.
