BOWLS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 945, 12 October 1910, Page 6

BOWLS.

;NbETH^ ; '^^ClATiol^ ; -ANN'PAI;' '.."■V v ':/;/ /'•:?!-/:MEETLNG.; ; Xj/:/ ! ;;./y w Mr/ V>E:; -Jfi i'CoHiis 1 - (president) /vprbr :sided : V-;at'.\.itM^';/ ; ith'e'-- '■'■'/:Bowling: '_ ;held : i sJihxt/: the vi ;WellingtOn' 1 v:; Club's; /paYUi6n'!' : last:!yv^hiiigv'J.^TJie^;'aiinual'^i^ > : /port ,states./,that' th/e /season //opened'/with ' a'. total: /membership '•/ of ■; fif ty-se ven; .clubs; •Duringi'.the.year./how.ever, one/olnb'fWai-; itemata)',: has/found at/'/n'ecessa'Tv/tb; resign;; ;an'd./:anbtber:'-;(UpperVPlaiM):;nM;-.beco i mß 'defunctT^-.The/Epsom Clubs./have;': however/: applied'.for'vaffilia;- : Kqn';'\a^d'we^■'sha^'/:thus^sraH/the^:.qpi^4ng, , . season : with'/ the - numerical : ' strength / 'iin'ebanged.".V/i"'TOe;•■le'r*^t'^'reviewiß;''at:lehgfll', .the .doing/of .'thej.past' year, and'~states lhat''th«/nelit ; 'tioh.will/be held, at Auckland;, commano;' council-de-sires/ 'to/'place/ on v rec6rd /its'; appreciation of,;-and : thanks;'for,'/the r serTices; renderedby/.the'tournament, ,'match; -/ and- entertain-' me^t-" : ,thank ; /'/th6 ;; V'ahd : ',-;'suburban. ;ol,ubs for /the; jise: of; their. green's,''and. for 'the^kihdly/'hospitality'.;e±£ended: to/ bowlers', .ahd/theiT friends' during rtheoprogjess■;cf-, the :tbu'rnament./-:/ '^^^,M:-:ris' . J '"K'/ - ;

./■!^e"'Bt^'r&nt, 1 tare-' showed':a* credit'' balance; of ■ -£4H -lis.; 'sd.;:fas\\'ag , airist-''-S-.7& ;: :,9d.^6isSaplerobeT; ; 30,':. 1909;; ■: la the'statement 'of '} 'assets .and •liabilities; this! balance }{£&: 55. ; ;5d.); is ~re-'. , duced ■■'.to; .£3O j ss. ;'sd. / by- the'. payment ■of .the-secretary's -salary. : (ißl6). \ ~-p'.■ /-' .V..',,. ... ■ :In- the ? { adoption., of --.'the ' ; report 'and the sucwess: : whieli. had,attended .the.'introduction of the! "open '-. ddoy". 'policy." \Fbutf: •hundied ; :bpwleT-3''liad: taken- part- in./ 'the 'last;-tournament j/Vand/there.'had;:been : ninety ■ 'rinks, /126 parrs - at; playj-: inany of' which.;latter were ,not;.in the rinks.■.■ The association';had,'UTgeil.thatva rommittee should '.be 1 -appointed scheme ;-for;the : testing>.of 'ibowfcoh -satis-; :fAotor^*.lir&-:-v?lt.'"'waa;''dearie^ : '.'-rf possible;'/ that. : 'niembers'':p'f'.the !should be.saved the! : exr*hse;of,6ending ; air bowls S -to Wellington/: to,:be i'« tested:'' The; Question''; 'o^i|thWvlorraation/bf'-'^iif r 6B-''liad. beeh:/;;brb)rght-; : ;up,'W (posed television;' :.of '/'/thec Holes-/./had ; beeh/.deferred'-until the,•next;annuall'tour-" inaineht; aMAucklahd; vlt.had ; been:'sug-igestM-'that^Vthe'/affiliaied:.clubs;.should: /each-appoint .'a'/delegate'ih order, -that/the; ;matferj.,:raight;;b'e : discussed ■•in. Auckland championship" .tournament: ■.T.his.;was a ■progressive; age and .the; ■Northern ' Bowling-r.Glub','/must , "get-a mbve';on.l' ,;They; would "be nothing; .mo'M;.''than, : :'k.^'toßmameht'rcpmmit(te' , : -i.u' ■ they, stood ;still;:.-.The different'Vcliibsrhad' recognised■'that ■and/had ;"started -centres', and 'ran;:: tournaments Son; - their.: bwn' ! j ac-': ■ I : cb^t;- , l»t^ih^re7. v sßo^d - }b^-.:sbme:;-h&d, : ' ;some.:guide^'.'arid, ! the. : .objectrof the/rules: "not.adopted '■■ as drawn; up)'; that-every club' and - centre;'would: be ; ; fully; l repre-. se'nted',on : cbuhcil;;.: ; There i werej.cer-;: tain'.'prejudices;.:to ■overcpme,';:but;_if\'they. ■had'hopesT.of-.an ; amalga.matipn:;witH';:_the': Southern' Association..there:must; be -unity.% :That was paramount- in; the /interests /of ; ;bOwling.. ; ;.:/Isplated : ./:aotipn;,; ■make/the'way: open to disaster.;!;:...;:; >. - ../. The'■:■• report.', .and: .-';ffere 'adoptedi ; ;.V':'/:^:V;:;A; i .:'v: L ':y ; . ; ';'^..!f : :/'■■'.! /". The .'election ,of officers -'.resulted as \iol'lbws':^Presiden't)'Mr.;;Wm'.'',Elliott'(Atick-: land) ;-'vi(^president, ; Mr::J'i i : Keith : ; (Wellington,;; Victoria":. Club);,.' secretary:;', and ■ Mr. Geo. Dixon;^auditor, ; ;Mr.l E.':F. i 'Allen.:/;' : / : ;;. ".;;./;;::. ■v.v' v /;::,., i :;; ■ The only:contested'election;was;that for; TOe-presidehtx ;, The/,'!'■■candidates.;- •.: were; Messrs. "J.. Keith,:ahd;T,;Bush.V';On;a Vote being taken '14 ..votes were .cast for. : Mr::Keith-and;l3:for/Mrrßush./:;; ; •■ ::-j. .. .On.behalf of the.Maitai Glub:Mr.-F.-,'VV. Haybittle moved: .-"That;in; the.-.p'pihion: - of .this club ; the pairs" com petition should iieAabolished;;at; the' : Association's, annual' tburhament/and .'tliati the sections* in'the;rinks : cbmpetitiph;be: increased to giving four, day's':' play and' leaving-/ Friday- and.-.;. Saturday free for finals?': Mr:'Moult-seconded the: m'ctioh;::'Mr./Brunskill:,suggested'thatja committee' cohsistin'g'iof'Messfs:.. E./J. ..Col-, lins, J,' Ji' Ebberts, G; Prince, BrunskiU, 'C;'Bary,;'and;,T:;Bush.;.rje';;apppinted:;.tp'. draw up, a'prbgram'me;jand;help, the sec-, reta'ry in/every possible,way.-:He.thought that the'motionoftheMajtai'.Glub should be referred to .that committee.';:; Mr.:Hay-. bittle objected ;tc this , procedure. .; He wculd like'an-indicittien as'to: how the delegates, felt : regarding :.the .abolitrpn/Of: the pairs.' •;!;':'/ ;.':' }: ii-"' ---'-",/'' /.The chairman acceded/to 'the request,; and;: on a-: show'-' of hands—one,. man;brie vpte--the feeling indica'ted that delegates, were opposed' to the abolition of the.pairs. The Maitai: Club's resolution is. to.'ibe fur-', tlier .considered'by.; the/committee.; ■>>■ ;:;■ : Mr. E. J. Hill /asked .thai',the asso-' ciatiou grant him'pei-'missip'n?to;play;-in club matches" in/the two: clubs.'he" be-: ■longed to—Wellington o;id ;Te: ffiwi. This ,was agreed"tc£:: ; ■. /■;/';'';:'^;. :T^/: ■ Mr. John.Mackay/oomplimented'Mr. R. J.: Collins on ' the; ni'ahnerTin which'.he had- filled : the:;office, of,/president, and moved a hcartyivote 'of thanks'which MrV Collins . suitably ' acknowledged .-.;■■■- -:..:;;