BOWLS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16866, 1 February 1929, Page 4

BOWLS

INTER-CLUB CONTEST The inter-club contest between the Kahutia and Poverty Bay Bowling Clubs was commenced yesterday and will be concluded to-morrow. Five links from the latter dub visited the Kahutia’s green, and the games were well contested and played in a real friendly manner. On the day's play Kahutia are leading with one win more than their opponents. To-iuor-row the town players journey over to the Poverty Bay green, where the eontest will be concluded. Following arc the results of yesterday’s games, the Kahutia players being mentioned first in each instance: — McMahon, B. Taylor, H. Miller, A. Sawyer (s) 10 v. I). Wilson, Gardner, Falconer, Atkinson (s) 25. Dunlop, H. Martin, Haismnn, -L J. Martin (s) 25 v. Freddy, Shelton, Phillips, Wilson (s) 13. Batson, J. R. Kirk, Cruiekshank, D. Roderick (s) 25 v. H. J. Andrew. Findlay, Hartley, Smith (s) 12. Billuini, Fishbacli, Campbell, Pollock (s) 34 v. Clark, Alexander. Clare, G. Bull (s) 12. Ooliam, Junes, Power, Dudfield (s) 11 v. Ross, Orviss, Holland, Wilkinson (s) 21. The total points scored were: Kalin

tin. 111, Poverty Bay 83. Ordinary game: McLeod, Murphy Harris (s ) 31 v. Bowen, Jelinek, Ail croft (s) 30.

ENGLAND TO SPEND £60.000,000 ON ROADS LONDON, Dec. 22. I he sum of .£60,000,000 wili be spent in road construe! ion in England in the coniine year. 1 Ids includes £20,000.000 Government appropriation from the road fund. This is part of the Government scheme to assist England's increasing unemployed. As War Secretary Sir Laming Wort hington-Kvuus announced in the House, of Commons that every £1,000,000 spent in road-building provides work for 2000 men for a year.