BOWLS AND PARLIAMENT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1223, 4 September 1911, Page 4

BOWLS AND PARLIAMENT.

"HEADS" AND POLITICIANS. Mr. Dall, of the Post and Telegraph Department, in proposing the toast of Parliament at tlio Letter Carriers' social on Saturday, said that in bowls there were long lieads and short heads, bail heads and good heads, and so on, all these, lie believed, were to be found in Parliament. (Laughter.) At tho same time in bowls you sometimes got "burnt" jieads aud "dead" heads—and ho was not sure that these wero found in Parliament. In Parliament, on tho other hand, they had logger heads, and such a term was not known on the bowling green. (Laughter.) "There is one important thing Mr. Dall has left out," said Mr. Fisher, M.P.. when he rose to speak to the toast, "anil that is 'bias' (laughter). In party politics the members may sometimes be afflicted with bias, but when they leave the building aud come out into the open all are personal friends." (Applause.) Mr. Herdnmn added further to the amusement. Mr. Dall had forgotten to mention sore heads and swollen heads! (Laughter.) M,r. D. M'Laren, M.P., knew more about cricket than bowls, anil in cricket there were the "outs" and tho "ins," and tho "outs" always tried to got in anil tlio "ins" were never found trying to get "out." It was common to both cricket and Parliament. (Laughter.)