The Volunteer Rifle RANGE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 250, 24 September 1883, Page 2

The Volunteer Rifle RANGE.

For some time past ths-tteht to nse the present Range at the Manawatu Iriverias the rifle rang* hf -tie -Voloiiteers, has been? disputed by Mr Batches lor, who claim.3 the ownership, of th» ground occupied, and m conseqaone* % it; IB likeJyithe annual clas3-firing will f. M delayed, if not altogether postponed. It is argaed— and judging from ta« tracings just received bV|&Er Oarrol,,"" from the Grown' Lands—we are inclined: > td think Justly, that |he, shingle. r beach used as a rifle range is not inoluded m Mr Batchelar^sucveyot. property j bui is altogether ommjtted. The tracing show^J tha^, Mr BatchelarV propertyshould be 45. acreß, not 49 acres ; a»i shown on the map, four acres being 'struck off, or laid off, and called "Shingle Beach," and therefore hob included m Mr Batchelar's section.. The Commissioner for Crown Lands sajs m his lette" "that from, the sec- -, tibn now held by Mr Batchelar, the four acres have to be deducted, it being, shingle beach* In the face of suobj' information we do not imagine that Mr ;B itchelor will offer any further opposi* tion to the Volunteers using their old range, bat tbink he will act on the con. trary and give the oorpg bis hearty co« operation. It would be a pity if the Volunteers were done, out of their annual class, and prizenfiring for want of a range,; and therefore hope some amicable settlement of dijpetes may bft arranged. , ,- „'•,. ,