BOWLING GREENS SILTED

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19694, 28 July 1938, Page 4

BOWLING GREENS SILTED

£3OO DAMAGE DONE

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AUCKLAND, this day

Flood damage done to the Auckland Bowling Club's greens on Tuesday night, as revealed by daylight yesterday will probably cost about £3OO to repair, besides delaying the start of play next season.

The low level green in the northeastern corner of the property, which was flooded to a depth of over 4ft, received great quantities of silt which was washed down from the new 'Domain road, which is being constructed by the City Council. A number of yards of low concrete retaining wall on the southern side broke in many placs and collapsed outward. Two greens on the western side were also coated with silt.

Workmen were busy on the ground floor of Milne and Choyce's shop yesterday morning removing the cork linoleum which had been soaked with water the night before. The greater part of the floor was treated in this way and many counters and other fixtures had to be moved in the process. The accumulation of water in the basement was pumped out, and it was found that fortunately the elevator motors and the main switchboard had not been affected. An estimate of the damage to the stock stored in the basement will not be possible for some days.

The opinion that Australia would act as a screen for New Zealand as far as Pacific problems were concerned was expressed by Mr. T. Greenwood, lecturer in logic at the University of London, who arrived by the Tainui from England. "I don't think there could be a problem for New Zealand in the Pacific," he said. "It will be for Australia." He did not think that British countries in the Pacific would be affected by any alien race, "but, at the same time," he said, "we will have to keep a close watch for commercial purposes."

The match committee of the Gisborne Park Golf Club has made no draw this week-end on account of the race meeting, but members are advised to make their own arrangements for a Stableford bogey competition. F. Dobbie and G. Slade will challenge A. H. and P. H. Dow for the Dryland Cup. Opportunities have been limited this month for those taking part in the July tankard series and so the committee has decided to combine the July and August cards and make two awards in August.