BOWLING YEAR.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 155, 4 July 1938, Page 10

BOWLING YEAR.

IMPROVED FINANCES

MEMBERSHIP ALSO BETTER

N.Z. ASSOCIATION REPORT. ltii|iru\i'(l liiiiiiii'cs and mi inn i-.i-i-i mcmhci>hi|i 1"'" the \mr it re nut -tanrlin;; features <>f tin- annual i• ■ j■>.t-t i.f th«> New Zealand Howling .V- » in i ~.,, to lie J'l i -rril.'.l to I lie iililiual 11•«-. ! inAt pi cent Jii centre- in.- iiilili.i'..,|, tin- total in I M-i -liip ..t : in- ;;;j , ]~,,, liriii" Jx.-LV mi increase nt' !)-JI fur tj... \ car. 'I hen' is ;i '■ s •-•lit l>iilaii' c i.i itil7, and iucrca- -I'll i lull 111 •■ll ■ 1.. -i -hi] , hav« re«ulled in an incrca-c in x]i • - amount rei-ch cd lor lev ic-. Follow In-_r tin' n-ual procedure ill-a.-.-miat inn's hcail'jua rtci s i > >r i hi'iiiniii}r -i-a-mi will !•"• in \ut kh. i,i|, where I lie !!»•'"• tiMllliaini'llt u ,1! 1.,- hi-].: . JSecailsc nt' tin- iifiuit cr-ar\ nt' tli>' Ma Mil \\ at II centre, the loliniil nl t | ( .j a--nciat inn ha- applnM'd nl the l.a-ter jubilee., tournament there call-d the North l-hind tournament.

Olliccrs for the \cat lire a- f0110w.... - I'le-blent. Mr. I\ A. ilo-kin- (Am-k land); immediate past prc-idi-nt. Mr. \V, t'liiiiMii' I DiMiediu | ; \ i.i- ]ii o~ iili-nt . Mr. M. -I. (a-cy (Wcllinm.ini ; Inm. tna - - urer. Mr. 'S. (ohli.utt ( Auckland i. ( ouncilloi -. North Maud. Mr-i -. \\ . I. Tn.'-cott. A. K. W'liitten (Auckland.. S. M. stone. VY. (.ilbert (Wellington), I'. 11. Howe. (South Auckland). 1.. 'J'. I'clty (laram.kii. 11. Maw, (MawkeV Kay); South I-laml. Mi'-r-, 1,. ji. Km'iiis. 11. ji. Oiikcy (( hi■istcburch i, t.. A. Ncl-mi. -I. I-'nrsicr (Duncdini. I). J). Tlioinsiiii (Nnrth Olagu). S. ( . K. Smith (Sunt bland), 'J'. tunic (Smith Canterbury J. Centennial Tournament.

Tin' report also f«-\ U-\s.- thf -\iii>t rulJMii vi,-it la-l yiar in connection with t lie l".i;iJ •ir<- (k-iiih's. *"l)iii ing tin- j.<-r.i.d nf tin- (.'ame-. <i|i|Mirtilnity vva> taken to hold a conference cf Dominion representatives on tlin ijui'-tidii of uniformity in the laws nf the «iimc.'' flutes tli« report. "It is hoped that soiiicthiiif; Inwards the uniformity of the variouw codes will event uate.

"With the. exhibition being held in Wellington in I9JO. to celebrate the HMlth anniversary of the settlement of Die province, it was considered desiral.le in Wellington that the 19 HI association tournament should he held in that city." the report says. "On being appro..died, the Chi Utchurch ('outre very generously agreed to the tournaincut being held in Wellington, instead ■if in (In i-tchur h. in 1!)1(); ( hristehurch to have tlie tournament the following \ car."

It was decided to temporarily alter the constitution to provide for the 104(1 tournament being held in Wellington instead of in Christ church, the 1941 tournament to he held in ('hristehurch; thereafter the normal order being main tained. It is stated that at the annual meeting of the International Bowling Board the first representative of the association would be Mr. James Pa.-coe, of Auckland, with Sir Ivor B. Thomas, of Wales, as second representative. Thi« hoard had ••\tended an offieial invitation for a New Zealand team to visit <; r cat Eritain during the summer of 1939.