BOWLING.

Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 26 August 1908, Page 58

BOWLING.

• r r-cia.-iss «r« rtyxtttoi U forw«r* pwlleuUri of ««»«• plior«* TS'OTSS BY JACK. Not much interest appears to have been taken by centres . an the election of the .council -of* the N.Z.8.A., and the only con,test is for the . position of vice-president, for which Messrs J. M. Gallaway and A- E. .Smith have been nominated. Mr Wad dell. steps< down from the presidency »nd becomes an ordinary councillor. MIS. Smith having- declined renominetion for treasurerehip-, -his place will be taken by Mr, Rennie, formerly of Port Chalmers, tut now head master of "bhe_Albany Street School. The only other new member of tlhe council is Air Fraser, last season's chairman of the Dunedin Centre. Mr" Ball's proposal to abolish dead balls fry altering the rule so that when the jack { bb driven beyond the limits of the rinks ca either side it shall be brought back and placed on a point close to the edge of the ditch and just inside the boundary line (on whichever side it was driven • out), or if driven over the bank brought back and xilaced on the corner nearest where it comes to rest, or if driven in a lin© with the centre of the rink, it shall be placed on the centre of the rink nearest the--ditch, has been referred to the centres ( ■with a request that the clubs give the proposal a trial in the first match' of the season. This trial will scarcely be a fair test. In all probability the greens will be heavy early in the season, and the jack may not be driven out of bounds in any yjnk during the whole game. If the alteration is made permanently players will _j object more strongly than ever to playing <to the extreme outside rinks, as on these, {mould the jaok be driven into the side pitch, subsequent players will lhave only one hand oh which to play, and the bowls (may be so placed as to render it almost impossible to get past them. ' Some exception, was taken tc the balance sheet of the punedin Centre -by the treasurer of th« council (who on the occasion made his iir&t appearance as, a speaker) and fry 'Mr Allan (who is "himseff a member of the centre, and therefore responsible for what he criticised). It will be interesting when the oentr.e treasurer replies. It might li'ave been 'expected that the retiring treasurer of the council would have asked for j information from his fellow-official (the , ieoretary) before indulging in vague speculation. ' The annual meeting ' of the Wakatipu Bowling Club was held at Queenetown on the. 12th inst. Mr G. T. Searle (president) i»fts in the chadr, and there was a good attendance of members. The balance sheet showed a credit balance of £15 16s 9d. r sh following office-bearers were elected: — President, Mr G. T. Searle : vice-presidents, Mfeesrs Pettersson and L. J. Lynch ; secretary and treasurer, Mr A. C King ; auditor, MrW. B. Hanson; General Committee ■^-Messrs Gavin, Hanson, M'Neil, -Craig, Edgar, Dagg, and Warren ; Match Comiaittee — Messrs Hiddlestone and Gavin.The retiring office-bearers were accorded a hearty vote of thanks. j Our Inveroargill correspondent writes: — "'The local bowling clubs are all busy puttjng in work preparatory to the opening or the season. The South Green was thoroughly top-dressed in fke autumn, and Qttgfci to he better than even during the The Te Rangi Committee itpe hopeful that their green woll be second to none, while the members of the Noiih End Ohib, who stood off play at their pym green for the whole of last season, 4re eagerly looking forward \& the opening date and wondering if their iheroi* self'«enial be destined to receive lie dv© re|Kurd. The Southland Centre, in nominating Mr A. E. Smith for the vice-presidency if the council, ie moved by a desire to have igie champion tournament for 1910 fought riht in Inworcargxll instead of in Dunedin. Jf ertferoee are to b» restricted in the wholesale fashion contemplated by the Canterbury Centre there nedd be no bar to their Atiaire on the score of insufficient accommodation. -Probably If they gain their wish, tb© Dunedin Centre will hold a tournament Cf ita' owTK at Rome convenient date, and! jiooaa the result will be that each centre Jrjll run a tourney. There are some of IJio older bowlers down here who do not

feel enamoured of the trend of events. ' New presbyter- is 'old priest wr-it large,' In their opinion there wii'il be still anotherchange in the form of government before long. ' At an enjoyable bowlers' social at Milton, Mr T. G. Henderson, the ex-seoretary of the Milton Club, was presented with a. handsome gold albert as a slight recognition of the immense amount of work he had done for the club during the past year. The applause" and cheers which followed on Mr Moore making the presentation^showed that Mr Henderson had gained the goodwill of members in carrying out his duties.