THE ONEHUHGA CLUB.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 249, 20 October 1924, Page 11

THE ONEHUHGA CLUB.

A WIXTHY OPENING. r'.indltloUai oiilJ hardly have I'cen worse ihnii lino *.m last Saturday, ami mem-.ers vi-ry 'i ii kl.\ abandoned any lUpil til »uwiin-.-' mi IUL-y uduuk themselves to the luivllluH, where, tile numerous .-ani-taMi-s mi' ii all Ibe urtt-muun. At t»« tea iiiljuuruuu-iii the president uf the club. Mr. 1 . C. Marks, deelured tin- zrei-ii open :..- summer play, although, in Che fare uf :i >!L-ailj dun-ui-'Uiir "I Jain, h.- did not vciil'ire "ii Uie usual ceremony o£ throwing the first jack. Sneaking iv regard to the tine couditurn of bum greens, he made very feeling reference, t.> Hie continued Incapacity of the ereeukeuper, Mr. J. Hud.:.-, ivho had met with a vury serious aceiuent v few weeks HLM. nml expressed the sympathy of ihe members with him in Ms paiufu] Illness. Fortunately fur the rluh, the. green super-liitundi-iii. Mr. Walter Hills, had come to tin- res..-iie at the i-riUval time, and had ti 1 led tin- breach by taking .iff his own coat. Mr. \V. N. .Mrlntosh wartnlv supported the prcßldcntV remarks, and expressed the deep obligation of members to Mr. Hills for his -■ nsa in kpeplliK ihe grtMMIS "ell Uμ to their usual ,'ii-li standard. Although there wore no Indies present. Mr. Mhi-ks then dn-lnred tlie croquet lawns open for play for the reason. Later in the afternoon the pavilion n reived a visit from the presl.lent of the Ail'-klaml Centre Mr .1 VV, Hartlley. aeeniunaiiled by a metnlier of the exp.-utive, Mr. .7. M. Thomson. Speaking us president of the r.-'.rltou Club, the latter referred to the seven.- illness of their greenkeeper, Mr. Montgomery. He hnd been rapidly mc tiding, when in his eagerness to f -r the greens in order he had got ahout too soon, and had now suffered a serious relapse. Mr. Hartley's chief reference was tv the pinueer memliers of the club, to whom was chiefly due the credit for bringing the elnh into Its present line position. Mr. \V. X. Mclntosh replied as one of the founders of the club, and his remarks were supported hy Mr. "Sandy" Brown. Both de'-lared their conviction that howling was the :nost sociable frame they had ever