NEWS OF THE DAY

Northern Advocate, 20 July 1949, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

MORE BOWLING CLUBS When welcoming delegates to the annual meeting of the Northland Bowling Centre at Whangarei last night, Mr B. G. Smith specially mentioned representatives from the new Te Kopuru and Arapohue clubs. He also referred to the clubs in the process of formation at Maungakaramca. and Kaeo. Promptings from delegates brought the additional information that, it was intended to form bowling clubs at Kerikeri and Paihia. STATE FOREST RESERVE. Six hundred and twelve acres of Crown land in Hie Mangohui and Wiiangarpa Counties have been set aside ns a provisional state forest. A proclamation to this elfect is published in the Gazette over the signature of the Minister of Lands (Mr Skinner) as Commissioner of State Forests. PAVEMENT ARTIST. A portable paint-spraying outfit operating in Bank Street, Whangarei, yesterday, attracted considerable attention from shoppers. Outlines of car-parking areas and the informative lettering thereon received freshening applications of yellow paint

from the machine. Its operator must have felt something in the nature of a London pavement aUist as he worked before the interested gaze of pass-ers-by. TURNOVER. A considerable turnover of population in the central area of Whang.arc i it- indicated by the enrolment figures of the Whangarei Public .School which were incorporated in the

monthly report of the headmaster (Mr D. Taylon to the school committee. The present roll number is 456 and the average attendance for the past month -120.6. So far this term 33 pupils have been enrolled—l 6 of them primers—and no fewer than 29 have left, a net gain of only four for the eight-week period. Aiter deducting those who were on the roll at the beginning of the year but. did not attend during the first term, the true mil at the beginning of the year was <i:;7. A total of 63 has been admitted this year, but the net gain is: only 10.

TRIBUTES Speakers at the Northland Bowling Centre’s annual meeting paid tribute to the excellent work Mr B. G. Smith had done for Northland bowls during his term as president last season. It was pointed out that Mr Smith had visited every club in the centre. Mr Smith was typically modest in his reply. “I was only a figurehead. It is -the team that gets the work done,” he said. The outstanding work is done by the secretary (Mr E. J. Dingle) and the representative on the New Zealand Bowling Council (Mr J. H. Ma"wick) was also praised.

SAWDUST Sawdust bowling greens were still in the experimental stage, said Mr J. H. Marwick at the annual meeting of tlie Northland Bowling Centre. The NZBC had granted affiliation to two southern clubs in sawdust greens but Mr Marwick pointed out that only clubs away from the main centres would be granted the privilege. Northland and Manawatu centres had been congratulated at the NZBC annual meeting for having the highest proportionate increase in membership during last season, said Mr Marwick. Had the' figures for two registered clubs been available, Northland would have easilv taken the honours. SCHOOL RIFLE RANGE An unusual installation for Northland schools is being provided at the Kaitaia Secondary School in the form of a short-distance rifle range. This will be used by district high school cadets for live firing practice with 22 bore rifles. The range is being constructed for the Army Department on a previously unused portion of the school grounds in a position which offers no danger (o either pupils or the public. Its installation was approved by the Kaittfia. Borough Council some time previously.

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