PONSONBY BOWLING CLUB.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 258, 28 October 1916, Page 9

PONSONBY BOWLING CLUB.

OPENING THE GREEN. A large number of bowlers and the lady friends attended at the Poneont Bowling Club's pavilion tnie afternooi for the purpose of witnessing the ten mony of opening the green for the p* sent "eaeon This club was started i 1893, and had a lease of the ground nut the present year, when the manacemej secured the freehold. Once this™ o\ tamed an improvement Bcheme -was L augurated. A 'handsome two-stow pavilion was erected, with a social ha 50 oy 21ft, and there is a wide balcor from which can be obtained one of tl finest views about Auckland, as it tab in a panorama from the Sooth Hea Manukau, round the Waitakere Range andttie whole of the waters of the Wa temata. Extra rinke have been pn jrided, and the greens put in fine order Professor Maxwell Walker, presidei for the current year, welcomed the vis tore from other bowling clitbe to tSi gathering this afternoon. In his openin remarks <he said it -was impossible t hoM any public function at the ptesen time without making reference to th world calamity of. the war, by -vrhie moot of them were affected eithe through relatives or friends being lost fighting for the defence of the Empire He knew that a number of tboae present had personally suffered lose during the war. They who stayed at home wen trying to show their patriotism by conducting affaire to raise petriotie funds, and in ttiat respect he was nappy to say the bowlers had not been behind others. The sum of £22w had been raced for patriotic P»rp«~Jbr the New ZeaW Bowling Tooraament. and it tad been decided to follow a eimflar eouwe this YeaTafco. Profceaer Walker afeo cxontafcrn that the h»»k jtowKmt CM> done good work for the district in securing the freehold of the breaihinf«P««* u P° n the ttnMS Itttta matter for regret that the City Council had not seen its nray under exfrting circmn. atanece *o continue the remission of half ntei upon bowling greens which wm not vmA in any way to raise revtsue, hut purely for recreation purpoM*. Hre. W«ac;r «k» rofed ti» jack aad duly dcolared tho grwa open for Hm muod. Later in the afternoon tie vteiton.were entertained to Ua in tht aodal hall o£ the new pavilion whinh had been tartetetly o£ontod' X