president of the New Zealand Hotel Association. In the final, which produced—as had many matches in the tournament-—bowls of the highest quality, Hewart’s four, which played under the name of Barretts Hotel (Wellington) beat R. Baxendale (Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, Greymouth), 20-12. Hewart is the owner of
New City Hotel, Wellington, and Corbett holds the licence of the Eastbourne Hotel. Baxendale’s four, which was attempting to win the tournament for the third time, comprised G. H. Humphries, a retired hotel-keeper, W. Blackie, iicencee of the Oxford Hotel, Christchurch, and R. Madden, who manages the Washdyke Hotel.
Other results were: Quarter-finals. —H. MacIndoe, Ltd (Auckland) beat Caledonian Hotel (Wellington; Barretts beat Commercial Hotel (Timaru); Reg Collins, Ltd (Wellington) beat Midland Hotel (Wellington); Duke of Edinburgh beat Nae-nae Hotel (Lower Hutt). Semi-finals.—Barretts beat Maclndoe; Duke of Edin burgh beat Collins. The photograph shows the winning four; from left, Corbett, Brown, Nicholls 1 and Hewart.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32458, 19 November 1970, Page 8
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