BEER OR BOWLS?
CLUB MEMBER'S COMPLAINT TOO MUCH LIQUOR ON TAP (Per United Press Association) WHANGAREI, June 22. The beer and bowls question was raised by Mr E. A. Fenwick at a meeting of the Paparoa Bowling Club when he alleged that on visiting days there was too much liquor on tap. " It is getting absolutely over the odds, and we now come to the question —drinking or bowls," he said. On one occasion, he alleged, when the club was visiting a neighbouring club, two players became incapacitated so far as bowls was concerned. At any rate, in, his opinion, (he club should drop liquor on. visitors' days. The proposal met with a storm of protest, speakers stressing that the club members were temperate, and that the Paparoa Club could not, be blamed for the sins of others. The subject eventually lapsed.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23224, 23 June 1937, Page 5
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142BEER OR BOWLS? Otago Daily Times, Issue 23224, 23 June 1937, Page 5
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