SUNDAY BOWLS

Grey River Argus, 25 July 1923, Page 8

SUNDAY BOWLS

SHOULD THEY BE ALLOWED? VIEWS OF BOWLERS. Tliat bowls should be allowed on Sunday seemed to be the opinion of a majority of the howlers approached yesterday by an “Argus’’ representative on the matter. Some objected to the playing of the game on Sunday because of religious scruples. Mr J. Ring hold that Sunday was meant for a day of rest and such games should not be played. “It is no use saying that Westport docs it or Hokitika or any other place for that matter,” he said, “that does not matter

to us. If it is wrong to play on Sunday and I hold that it is, then I ’ll not stand for th-enr being played here!” “I see nothing wrong in it,” said Air A. E. Kilgour, another member of the Greymouth Bowling Club: “Sunday is a day of rest, but I contend that rest mentis recreation—a change from the ordinary run of business life?’ Ho could see no reason why they should not play bowls on a Sunday. It was a quiet game and the bowling green was well hidden from the public view. There was nothing to give “scandal to one’s neighbour. ’ ’ “My views on the matter are well known,” asserted Mr W. Fletcher, the member of the Greymouth Bowling Club, who raised the question at the last meeting of the Club. “I am in favour of Sunday bowls and will advocate this reform.” He satv no rea-

son, why the man who was cooped up in an office or shop all the- week should be debarred from some health-giving recreation on Sunday. “I think, “he said, “that if the Club allows bowls to be played on Sunday its membership will be increased greatly.” Tennis and golf were played in Greymouth on Sundays, he continued; then why not bowls? The day of the Puritan Sunday had passed away and so had the times that accompanied that era. Life was more strenuous now and something was wanted to offset it. Another bowler asserted that he could see no difference between a car ride 01* picnic to Punakaiki and a game of bowls on a Sunday. The Club allowed bowls to be played on Good Friday, and, in fact, held a tournament on that day, yet, when Sunday bowls wcic mooted, an outcry was raised.