Minutes of the Kokatahi Gun Club and Stan Graham`s award medal .1923. - ALBUM -

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Description1923 - 24 Minutes Kokatahi Gun Club.Interesting to read, and those early settlers including Kelly, Heslan, Dowell, Godfrey, Smith names and picture of award medal given to Stan Graham as Championship shooter. (info. from Max Dowell, who had family own the Kokatahi Hotel donating medal.found many years later in ploughed paddock originally owned by Grahams at Kowhitirangi)Date of Photo1923Map^[1]ContributorAnthea Keenan

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Location (city or town)KokatahiPersonKelly HeslanDowellGodfreySmith Organisation (eg business)Kokatahi Gun Club

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Date Created12th October 2020CommentsDoreen Wallis
Mental health, depression and mismanagement of situations involving stand offs aren t new, what a sad day it was for everyone involved

Anthea Keenan
OUR PIONEERS ... @ Kokatahi & Kowhitirangi....
1923 - 24 Kokatahi Gun Club minutes, early names like Kelly, Heslan, Dowell, Smith, Godfrey, Karnbach, Wall.& others.. interesting reading... all there together after WW1 in the early 20's.

Anthea Keenan
Graham Family owned the Longford Hotel Ian... there's a lot of connections to all early Pioneers... Gun Club obviously enjoyed by all...

Heather Newby
I read on papers Past that the Greymouth Gun club would have meetings with the Kumara gun club and other gun clubs in the late 1800`s.. so it was a popular sport.

Anthea Keenan
Guns & horses - hunters & gatherers...

Anthea Keenan
WE long term Westlanders & especially Kowhitirangi families of the past, know well Joye - but this history content is during 1920s time... & the Pioneers in the valley involved in community.. there were other tragedies as well but good times celebrated & enjoyed as much as could be.

Janet Birch
Well said Anthea. There is good in everyone.

Trish Barry
Constable Best's widow lived in Weld Street a couple of doors along from us when I was a kid

Anthea Keenan
Bessie Best was Mum's cousin... sad she was left widow & children... and pretty sure he was a good cop.

Trish Barry
Anthea Keenan yes... A very sad day all around. From what I'd read he'd gone out there to try and settle him down and got shot for his trouble

Anthea Keenan
Went from bad to worse... but interesting to see back to the 20's Community people and their minuted book work ...

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Minutes of the Kokatahi Gun Club and Stan Graham`s award medal .1923. - ALBUM -

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