BOWLERS AS BOOSTERS

Feilding Star, Volume 4, Issue 677, 8 January 1926, Page 4

BOWLERS AS BOOSTERS

Good, bettor, best. First came the American Armada invasion, then came the Oarinthia’s contingent of tourists, • and now the big party of British bowlers. The superlative may be applied to the Britons, because they are our own folks. The howlers include a rink of Irishmen,

a rink of Welshmen, several of Englishmen, and live rinks of Scots. They have with them, too, quite a large party of ladies—wives.ami daughters. All of the,so latter came over to Feilding for afternoon tea yesterday whilst their men were howling at Palmerston. Tlie visitors were delighted with Feilding and greatly admired our beautiful green, Awnhnri hush was something to write home about, and of course cameras caught the impressions. It goes without saying that the howlers from the Homeland are men of means. Rome of them are in. a hurry to. got.-hack Home again, but there are others who are going to knock off bowling presently and devote some leisurely weeks to hiking in the details ol the entrancing glimpses they have so lar had of wonderful Mew Zealand, the fact is,” said one of the tourists to the writer, “this trip is all too hurried. There is too much to take in. Now Zealand has us in thrall.” “I’ll tell you what I think of your country,” said another. “I’ve got a'son who is farming at Horne and another who wants to go on the land as soon as I get hack. Wo IF- i’m going to sot up both my sons in New Zealand. I’ve never seen such another land in all rnv travels. This is the country for rnv boys! They’ve—got—to -

conic- out—here!” That’s, the boost of all boosts—making, the tourist the volunteer propagandist lor this (Treater Britain of the South.