STRATFORD BOWLING CLUB

Taranaki Daily News, 17 June 1933, Page 8

STRATFORD BOWLING CLUB

SUCCESSFUL YEAR REVIEWED. NEW OFFICERS ELECTED. To review a satisfactory balance-sheet and to make arrangements for the ensuing year a good attendance of members of the Stratford Bowling Club assembled in the Medina Rooms last night. It was the 33rd annual meeting of the club. The president, Mr. W. E. Williams, presided. In moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet, a summary of which has already been published, the chairman congratulated the club on the very successful season it has experienced. Although members’ subscriptions were reduced, it was, he said, gratifying that the club had been able to show a satisfactory credit balance, particularly as improvements to the property absorbed the sum of £3O.

The decision last year to divide the club into two sections proved to be a wise one, enabling all members to participate in the shield competitions, which were thoroughly enjoyed. It was some years since the membership of the club had been so strong. This was in a large measure due to the number of younger players who joined last year, and whose enthusiasm helped to make the season so successful. The spirit of good fellowship and harmony on and off the green was very noticeable, and he felt that he was voicing the opinion of all members when he said that the past season had been an unqualified success in every way. The thanks of the club were due to both the green warden and green keeper for the way in which the green was kept. Keen interest, continued Mr. Williams, was evinced in the various club competitions, and he congratulated the respective winners. Mr. W. Harris was to be doubly congratulated on winning the club senior singles championship, also the Taranaki champion of champions without the loss of a single game. The club’s congratulations were also extended to Mr. Philip Skoglund and his team on their meritorious win in the Manawatu Easter rink tournament.

During the season the club’s team of returned soldiers successfully defended ten challenges from various clubs in Taranaki for the Diggers’ Cup. As already stated, marked improvements were effected to the pavilion and surroundings, and he thanked those members who so willingly gave their services, particularly Mr. D. T. Wilson, who gave so much of his time. Thanks were also due for the splendid work done by the secretary and his assistant. The secretarial duties were by no means as light as members might imagine, and the balancesheet showed how capably the affairs of the club had been managed. The chairman said he could not let the opportunity pass without extending to the ladies hearty thanks for their very valuable assistance at all times throughout the season. He assured them that their good work had been thoroughly appreciated by all members.

Mr. G. Smart described the season as one of the most enjoyable and successful the club had experienced. The division of the club into two sections was a wise decision .and one that led to a great extent to the .success achieved, said Mr. J. S. Lyons. Officers elected were: President, Mr. W. G. Liddell; vice-presidents, Messrs. C. Higgs and D. T. Wilson; secretary, Mr. G. H. Ewing; assistant secretary,, Mr. K. Ewing; auditor, Mr. J. C. Allen; greenwarden, Mr. W. Harris; selectors, Messrs. H. Sanderson, W. Clarke and A. H. R. Amess; committee, Messrs. W. Williams, E. P. Pridham,. R. R. Curtis, A. H. Hillock and S. Sutton; delegates to the centre, Messrs. W. Ewing and Amess. The committee was recommended to divide the club again into two sections and to draw up strict rules for the conduct of the club competitions in order that they might not ‘be drawn out unduly. Mr. P. Skoglund was elected a life member of the club. He has been a financial member of the club for 29 years. Cups and trophies won during the season were presented, and supper was served at the end of the meeting.

Mr. P. Skoglund donated a £2 2s. trophy to be presented at the discretion of the committee.

TOKO RECORD MANGOLD CROP.

MAY BE THE BEST IN THE WORLD.

Mr. Evan Jones, Toko, has broken with his crop of mangolds weighing 150 tons 7 cwt. to the acre not only the Taranaki record but also the New Zealand record, according to a statement made to a News reporter yesterday. by a Taranaki authority. Growth in New Zealand is much greater than in England and Europe so the possibility that the crop is better than anything the world can show is hot remote. ELTHAM TALKIES. DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAMME. To-night’s programme at the Eltham Talkie Theatre is an excellent double feature. The first film, “Three Wise Girls,” is a scintillating, humorous, yet definitely dramatic comedy drama, and a genuinely entertaining picture. A happy choice was made in the selection of the “three wise girls,” Mae Clarke, Jean Harlow and Marie Prevost. It is a story of three girls, who loved not wisely but too well. Out for all they can get, Cassie, Dot and Gladys thought they could play with fire and not get burned. They go to the big city to make good. Love hits them all with varying results —for Gladys it is tragedy, for Cassie it is blissful happiness after a great deal of misunderstanding, and Dot is hit so that she does not know whether she is going or coming. Sparkling comedy, romantic drama and skilful performances make this film a really good entertainment. The second film is one of Edgar Wallace’s pet thrillers, “The Feathered Serpent,” transferred to the screen under the title of “The Menace.” The story concerns Ronald Quayle, who, on returning to England with a new face and a new name, finds things happening fast and furiously The plastic surgeon has made such a wonderful job remaking his face, mutilated in an oil explosion, after he had escaped from prison, that nobody, even the old family servant, his old sweetheart, Peggy, or his stepmother, Caroline Quayle, recognised him. His plan is successful—and his experiences carrying it out are highly dramatic. „ "