KAIAPOI CLUB

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 12015, 17 October 1904, Page 5

KAIAPOI CLUB

Tho row-green of the Kaiapoi Bowling Club, near the. Cure Rowing Club's, boathouse, was' opened on Saturday. . , Tliere wa« a large attendanoe of members and visitors. ■. Tho 'green, -which is of full tdze, with every convenience for players and their friends', was in beautiful A .pavilion (has been erected. The Kaiapoi Brass Band played during the. afternoon. Jtr E. Pamham (President) congratulated the lnerabers upon tlieir efforts in obtaining a green which, iras both convenient and in a retired-spot, containing shade trees, and where, while the grasa could be eaejly watered from tlve river, the sito was so well drained a« not to retain dampness. Hβ regretted that the land reserved for ladies' croquet wan not so large as it' might have been, but this could be •.remedied.. .-_. He asked .Mrs ParnIμ m to Fcndtlbe first bowl up the green, and". Mrs- Pearce, wife, of the..Mayor, would unfurl the flag which the ladies had presented to the club. Mrs Parnham then tent a bowl up the green and declared it open. Mrs IVarre unlccsed the Neiv Zealand flag at the hear! of a tall niai't. ' ■ ". ', . Mr A. Pearce (Mayor) conprratuliited the members on havinsr acquired a desirable properfy, and "hoped tho club would ntnka a name .for it«ilf. Tlie ladies ihopfd that; the Now Zealand flag would never he lowered to that of any other nation, and Mrs Penrce wished him to thank them for the honour of unfurling it on this occasion. Cheers were friven for Mrs-Pamham, Mrs Pearce, the President, and the Mayor, pnd Mr A. F. MacKay. (secretary), .who, the President raid, "had been indefatigabUi in his exertions to get a firrt-clas.t green, j Play wae t<hen commenced at the four j rinks," and a good deal of interest was shown. Afternoon tea was provided by thi ladies. . ' • /'