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The N.Z. Bowling Asociation's annual tournament opened at Christchurch on Monday with an entry of 72 rinks, which, under the circumstances, is not at all bad. The fiiot day's play produced some unexpected results, as will he seen by a glance at the report which follows these notes. The business at the monthly meeting of the council of the N.Z. Bowling Association was largely formal and routine. The com- ' xnittee on bowl-testing, which had the mattei; in hand some 12 months apo, has by request taken up the problem again, and something practical may be anticipated before Jong. If the shoot is to be made on the lines of the one Mr T. G. Youngi used in tests last year repeats the results obtained by Mr Young on his own green at Warrington, the problem may be considered solved. The Southland Centre, taking time by the forelock, forwarded for approval the. programme of the tournament to bo held at Invercargill at Easter, with an intimation that in all probability eing-les would be included as well as the usual rinks and pairs. The trophies are to be of the same value ac las-t year's —namely, £3 to each player in the first rink, £2 to each player in tha second, £1 10s to each player in the third rink, and £1 to each player in the fourth riak. In the pairs the trophies will be of corresponding value — namely, £3, £2, £1 10s, and £1 to each player in the respective places. These prizes are only a trifle less than are given at the annual association tournament. As to the proposal to include singles there is a good deal to be eaidl against. It should be borne in mind that those who take- part in tournaments are for the most part players who cannot derote more time to tournaments* at Easter than the three days of the holiday — lamely, Good Friday, Saturday, and Easter Monday, and unless the programmes are so framed as to afford a reasonable hope that players, if successful, can return to bu6iless on the Tuesday, then they simply will lot enter for it. Framers of programmes invariably regard it from the purely local ispect. Local players can play off their $amee in the evenines following the toumanent, but if the Invercargill and Oamaru luthorities desire to attract outsiders then :hey must frame their programmes to suit .he convenience of the bulk of the visitors-. At a, meeting of the council of the Sf.Z.B.A., to be held, in Christchurch this veek, it ie anticipated something definite vill be settled respecting the suggested our of the North Island. Mr Waddell, vho has the matter in hand, has gone into ;he affair con amore, and has met with incouragement from the Northern Associaions.. But the trouble will arise in getjng together anything like a representalve team, and before any definite arrangenemte are made it would be wise to find >ut how many players having any claims o represent South Island bowlers are pre>ared to make the tour. The Northern Bowling Association's tourlament at Napier came to a close last reek. The Press Association cannot be "omplimented on its method of reportinghe meeting, as by sending only the names >r the club, without mentioning the skip t oonveys the minimum of information! the names of the skips were given in the eeount of the final game, but to outsiders he information that Greenmeadows beatf Celbum was no information at all. The Bctio £, TI J 1 T ere w « r e the rinks from Feild- «*'« w?i *[ llJ ' o and «»Pier. Napier beaft Huff Hill by 21 to 20, Feilding getting t* • by t- , In the fi nal game Japier beat Feilding, and won the hampionship. The weather was unettled, and a couple of showers caused a ewation of play for some minutes, i reS m was in doubt tm th e final t f. -.F- o P enin «r w as all in favour >t i'eildmg, who -won the first seven, leads, and had ]3 to their credit efore Psapier opened. At thie stage play ad to be suspended on account of a shower >n the eighth and ninth heads Napier 3ored 2 and 3 respectively, and on the inlh head, with a brilliant drive, Bull ut out a Feilding bowl, &nd drawing the ick With hie final bowl. 6cored 3. Napier ot 1 off the eleventh head, and Feilding ofc A single off the next. The leadingiroughout was distinctly fine. Feilding had Little better of the play in the next few cads, but on the seventeenth the scores ere level— l 7 all. Say-well robbed Napier t 3 on the eighteenth head, and added to his own score. Feilding got 3 lore on the next head, but Napier scored on the twentieth, and the score read — eliding 21, Napier 18. The final head was idly opened, end was prarticallv the wor.st the game. Manning (Feilding) sent down fine shot, and lay behind the jack, while tewart (Feilding) repeated the operation. eliding were lying 2. Smith (Napier) rhen ayed a beautiful draw, which carried the ok with it, and Napier were lying 3. This >ot praotically won the match. Bull apiev then placed hie remaining bhots with xerring ekfll, and each of them scored, lywell failed to change the aspect of the sad. and Napier, lying 6, won a magni;ent game by 24 to 21. Feilding ahd Buff Hill played off for oond place. The match was distinctly >od. and attraot&d considerable attention, it Feilding. opening on the first head ith 3, held the advantn^ throughout, luff Hill m«de a graUajit effort to catch eic opponents, but Feilding were not to • denied, and won by 19 to 15. The tournament wa, concluded on Saturiv in fine weather. The match for thp tizene' trophies was decided. Pihama me first, Feilding second, Victoria third. d Napier fourth. The Pihama -team was mposed of .T Macfie, H. Lambie, \V. udley, and W. Lambie. Pihama b^at Mldin^ by 23 lo 17, and Victoria boat ipier by 23 to 19. At ilip clo-^v o f play c president (Mr J. ('. M'Vayl presented c citizens' trophies to tho winner*, and that the trophies for the Chamon Four.* would b* forwarded from Wcligton to the winning teams. PALMERSTON v WAIKOUAITI A three-rink march, WaiKouaiii v Palar«iton. woa played on Wednesday, on the -likotioiti Gr^en. Iho afternoon wis br-an-ullv fine, the grorn pto\ed to lie in fairly ►ckl older, and thf* pan.o w?s intf>i "^tincr d enjovftble t luoutrhoui. Mr R T. inpl ■ n p-e-.d/Mit of I1,"I 1 ," \Y:i kounti Club, v. r 1 rued the Mt.'ois ai.d Mi E Lcfc.ie ,c-

sponded. Tie recult of the match was a wta for the Palmerston tsam by 15 points. The names of ths plays: s and scores are as follow : — P. W. J. Crisp, T. A. B. Bailey, W H Fielder, Dr Kislop (s) ..22 — S. R. Smith. W. Mudge, J. M'Tamnsy, J E. Hunter (s) — 11 J. Ross, C. Crump, D. M'Donald, E. H. Clark (s) 18 — J. Mathieson, J. Steven, R. Templeton, T. Reid (s) — 18 A. Kilgour, J. Sloan, A. Clark, E. Lefevre (c) ... . .. £4 — E. Davis, D. \V. Mallcch, H. Carsen/ B. W. Fell (<) — 20 Totals 64 49