BOWLING REUNION

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 25001, 18 September 1944, Page 7

BOWLING REUNION

GRAMMAR SCHOOL PLAYERS Boisterous weather conditions last Saturday cut down the attendance to less than a quarter of those who had sent in their names as intending to join in a reunion of Grammar old boys, at the Carlton Bowling Club's pavilion. Some of those who did brave the elements are gettingin years, having attended the Grammar '"School more than 60 years ago, and they pigferred to watch the others playing. On thevother hand, former scholars from other secondary schools' were all younger men, and arrived witJr their full quota, as at previous reunions, abirat ten years ago. Even theii, fewer than half>bf the expected number of games were played. The results were:— 1 Auckland Grammar School.—A. G. Cooke, R. A. Ramsay, W. W. Edgerley, J. R. Lundon, 20. v. R. A. Hansen. E. W. Taylor, J. ' A. Bird, W. J. Gatenby, 15. Prince Albert College v. Grammar.—H. L. Watkin, J. Pascoe, H. C. Clarke, H. A. Robertson, 19, v. E. S. Pegler, A. P. Crowe, W. W. King, A. R. Gatland, 12. Sacred Heart College v. Grammar.—G. Fraser, J. M. Coleman, V. A. Little, J. R. Molloy, 17, v. E. W. B r Caddy, G. H-Plum-mer, H A. Craig, J. W. T. Macklow, 16. It was subsequently decided to hold the next reunion on a Wednesday, and in the summer, instead of the winter. The date this year was specially timed for the nearest Sat-, urday to September 15, for on that date tea years ago, at a similar reunion, the headmaster the late Mr H. J. D. Mahon, announced that the teams included-one rink, the members of which had all joined Grammar on that very day 50 years previously. Moreover, they were put in the same form, a coincidence which Mr Mahon assured the gathering was a world record. BUILT IN TWO YEARS ' • -i, BRISBANE'S NEW DRY DOCK BRISBANE, Sept. 16 A dry dock that cost £1,000,000 has been built in Brisbane in less than two years. There was nothing orthodox about the methods usea, because orthodoxy could never have overcome the innumerable wartime handicaps. Ingenuity and improvisation were dominant factors from the start. A few weeks after the excavation, began practically every piece of mechanised equipment was hastily commandeered for New Guinea. Mechanised equipment awaiting transport to the Allied Works Council in the north was temporarily diverted to the dock. Heavy rains flooded the excavation at a speed which overwhelmed the available pumping equipment. Fire brigade suction pumps and mobile AJEt.P. Eumps were used to counter ft. A oiler from H.M.A.S. Australia, which was sunk nearly 20 years ago, was also used on the project. CHOIR CONTEST HELD Nine Sunday school choirs took part in the Auckland Sunday School Union's choral competition held at the Beresford Street Congregational Church on Saturday afternoon. The standard was high and the work of the three placed choirs in the main school division was the subject of favourable comment. First place in this division was again won by Thames Methodist choir, which received the Choral Shield and pennant. The Dominion Road Methodist choir gained spcond place and also received a pennant. Orakei Baptist-Church of Christ won the Primary Division Shield. The placings were:—Main school division: Thames Methodist 325 points; Dominion Road Methodist, 320; Northcote Methodist. 317. Primary division: Orakei Baptist-Church of Christ, 291; Dunnottar Memorial, Q59. Mrs J. W. McKenzie and Mr Leo Foster were the judges.