BOWLING.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 October 1924, Page 10

BOWLING.

The weather has been anything but favourable for bowling recently, and those clubs that have already .opened their greens are not in a much better position than those which have not. However, it is to be hoped the conditions will soon improve. Park Club is holding a progressive pairs tournament on Labour Day. The vexed question as to who is a colt has been settled. A colt is a first-year player. Enquiries are being made as to When the fixtures for the southern division shield competitions will be out. Some stray cattle having got into the Patea Bowling Club’s green, it was found impossible to open' on the Bth, but the ceremony will take place on Wednesday next, at 2 p.m. At the official opening of the Kaliutia. (Gisborne) Bowling Club’s green, the opportunity was taken formally to accept a beautifully-carved archway at the entrance, the gift to- the club of its Ariki (Sir James Carroll). The Mayor, who- expressed the club’s thanks, said the carving was as iine a one as was to be found in New Zealand. In the course of his reply, Sir James said Kahutia was a name of which he was proud, because of its association with Lady Carroll’s -ancestors, and the archway would serve as a monument to the name. He regretted that other bowling clubs did not adopt names which would serve to perpetuate distinguished Maori names. It was through such clubs as Kahutia that men could get together and help to forge the links of the Empire. If men formed associations and aggregated common thoughts, they could not fail to serve in this direction. They all knew that at the present time the world was astray. There were Bolshevik tendencies in existence, and a growing spirit of revolution, which could be counteracted by the formation of institutions such as he, had mentioned; bowling not the least. Three cheers were given for Sir James and Lady Carroll, and the gathering dispersed with farewells in Maori. A recent alteration ■ made -in the laws of the game by the Australian Bowling Council provides that “ditches must he not less than Bin. nor more than lOin. below the level of the green, and not less than Gin. nor more than lOin. in width, clear of all obstruction.” Our own rules do not deal with such details regarding ditches, remarks “Measurer” in the Dunedin Star, but something seems necessary in the way at least of insisting on a level bottom for a. ditch. In some ditches the jack, once driven in, is almost sure to- run downhill out of bounds. Another alteration in the Australian rules is that bowls “must have a distinctive mark engraved on both discs.” This, of course, saves the necessity of turning them, and tends to save disputes as to their correct replacement. The Australian rule provides that “all bowls that do not pass beyond 40ft from the mat line shall be dead.” The latest New Zealand rule allows only 20ft.