NIGHT GOLF SCHEME.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20842, 8 April 1931, Page 7

NIGHT GOLF SCHEME.

PROPOSAL IN SYDNEY, .t ALDERMEN'S DIVIDED VIEWS.:; ' Sydney turns from the'present involved' and conflicting financial schemes of Governments to consideration of the possibilities of night: golf, says the correspondent., of the' Melbourne Argus. There is a proposal before the City Council for a night - golf course in Moore Park. An ordfoary golf coarse is already there. It is the prop- , erty of the City Council and until re-' cently was understood to be earning £SO . a week net profit. It may be now earning it, for the crush of golfers playing 1 ' on this municipal course is sufficient to cause letters to appear in. the-newspapers complaining of "lack of consideration by' slow'or'faulty players." '^v-3'!''* Night goll'j however, is an independent, suggestion. What is proposed as a "pr-i- • vate enterpiise is a new course in this y park to operate at night under floodlights* on the tees, and with a corps of boys, tochase the balls and find them for the players. Aldermen have ' not" yet" considered the project, but the' city engineer.' has reported against it. Some aldermen- will favour the scheme for a few additional 'pounds' a Week 'aire: acceptable, but the majority are :likely to support the engineer's conclusion. Moore Fdrk at. night is'not a desirable rfii'.dfcz- 1 vous. Its history suggests the sinister. Night golfing may be introduced as a, regular Sydney attraction, but it. is morelikely to be on some other course.