Bowling.

Free Lance, Volume XIX, Issue 1029, 17 March 1920, Page 30

Bowling.

Most New Zealand bowlers are a,ware of the fact that one of the strongest . family. rinks that, the Dominion boasts is furnished by the Haldane Brothers. ; Their exploits with "Batty" have brought the little Nelson settlement of ~ Takaka—where the marble conies from." —into the limelight as a place of some note in bowling annals. All this is merely preamble to the fact that the Haldane, brothers were spending a holiday in Wellington last week: They are now rather, more dispersed than they used to be. But it is their amiable custom to meet once a year for a good time, ' and in that good time the highly sociable game of bowls takes a prominent place. Last week Bob and James Haldane,' from Hawke's Bay, met Tom and Alick, from; Nelson, over here in Wellington. And no sooner' had the brothers gripped hands than the inquiring look in each Haldane's eyes plainly said:, " Well, what about a game?" Their first " go " came off on Wednesday when Thorndon put a stiff proposition before the Haldanes in the form of Davy Ross (lead). Captain McArDavy _Muriro, and Dymock (skip). It was a ding-dong go, but Thorndon on its native heath got home five ahead. That five was bagged on the 19th head. At Hataitai they' had a game • against a team skipped by Kinniburgh, tb ! whom they lost by a point; Next they tackled a rink of past presidents of the Wellington Bowling Club, consisting of D. McLean, Veitch, Ledger, and: Bush (skip), who won a strenuous game by five points. On Saturday they mustered on the Victoria green and scored a victory by five points against, a rink skipped by ex-champion Hemingway.