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Evening Star, Issue 20119, 8 March 1929, Page 14

ary 9 0 starting at 8 a.m. and concluding after 8 p.m. The winning combination was successful in four consecutive games. . . ~ , A correspondent of the Auckland ‘ Herald ’ treats of a subject of neverfailing interest—the care of bowling greens. He writes The keeping m order of tho greens of bowling clubs is tho most difficult problem officials have to face.' Greens sooner or later give out, and their reinstatement into good condition gives rise to a spate of advice, overwhelming in its magnitude. In Britain the same problem has had to be faced on golf courses and greens, lens of thousands of pounds have been wasted annually by the 2,000 green committees not having an elementary knowledge of their subject. Now it has been tackled, and a committee of men eminent in agriculture has been set up. ■\vho will have two experimental stations under a whole-time chief, to advise clubs as to what is necessary when their courses and greens are going wrong. In Auckland- and the vicinity at the present time there are many bowling clubs with greens which are causing grave anxiety, who would ho glad or an authority to whom they could for advice. The suggestion is made that the British plan might be adopted out that the British plan might be 1 in a modified way. We have a university with an agricultural side. the Auckland Bowling Centre might approach it for help. 'The university might be glad to have practical work put at its disposal, almost at its front door. If the plan could be got going, clubs would be assured of good scientific advice, and saved the disappointment or expense of seeing greens hud down or doctored, and all for naught. The entomological side would also be looked after. As a quid pro quo the university might be guaranteed a levy of so much from each member as a contribution toward the work done. The levy would be saved many times over every year by the clubs as a whole. Tho work would have to bo done _ gradually',v as, unfortunately, tho university could not possibly cope straight away with tho many greens wanting attention. Anyway, it is high time that bowling dubs had some adequate authority to whom they could < appeal about their greens, and it is high time tho centre set, about seeing that such an authority is set up.’i