BOWLS AND POFZJTICS
Discussing the game oti bowls just before he left for Australia, the president of the New South Whiles Bowling Association (Mr. T. W. Heath) remarked that if countries, could be governed like bowlers th/K; world would be a happier place. Bowlers had proved that a large number o£ men could be controlled by laws foj/ifmlated for the good of the whole boiling community without party and without bitterness. The various bowl«jig councils met and discussed the prb^lems of governing bowling. VarieiLl views were expressed, but were puff; forward without bitterness or party Was. The bowlers' representatives su/Zgested what the bowlers themselvejfs considered was best for the game, ijhe bowlers, and the community they n and when the majority dec'Med upon, a certain course the others fell in with the popu-
lar idea. ■ /■ . If it were posf/ible to have a Parliament composed rif men who were there for the good of tfjf c community generally and not for'parljy or personal gain, the same could ariply to politics. However, modern isolitics provided a living for many meip, and they had to consider the pen/nnal effect when a question of change was being considered. Because -thatj /placed the person before the community y in politics most bowlers wanted to !se(3p that sort of thing out of bowls, atadj opposed any move to pay the expensW of bowlers making interState or ii^r-Dominion tours. When expenses paid there was a risk that the pi?tyers would strive to secure a place frta- the sake of the trip rather than for .'I/he sake of the game.
Anothffl) matter commented on by Mr. Hef/m was the cheapness of the game" of1 bowls when compared with other s^wrts. Mr. Heath is a golfer as well a.y a bowler, and his golfing club fees aifri.ount to five times as much as his b'tvwling fees. The cost of his bowls'/was not as great as his golfing kit, f/jid he can play bowls without h'aviT,l|; to pay a caddy and without destfdying or losing a ball in the process., I - ■ ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 31, 6 February 1936, Page 10
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