END OF BOWLING

Taranaki Daily News, 12 April 1935, Page 6

END OF BOWLING

STRATFORD CLUB’S CLOSING. TOURNAMENT ON PRESIDENT’S DAY To mark the official closing of the Stratford Bowling Club, members were the guests of Mr. C. W. Higgs, president of the club, and Mrs. Higgs at a “president’s day,” when the green was fully occupied in a progressive pairs tournament and when Mrs. Higgs with a number of others supplied afternoon tea. In declaring the green officially closed Mr. Higgs explained that play would be continued until after Easter, the occasion of the closing ceremony being taken earlier merely because no other convenient date presented itself. He welcomed the large number of bowlers. The summer, said Mr. Higgs, had been splendid for bowling. It Wad been generally warm with little wind, and the period of play had been prolonged more than was generally the case at Stratford. Congratulations were extended to Mr. W. Clark, the club’s champion of champions of the central division, while the thanks of the president were accorded the secretary (Mr. W. Ewing), the greenwarden (Mr. W. Harris), the greenkeeper (Mr. T. Lawson) and members of the committee. An especial debt of gratitude was due to the ladies who throughout the season attended at the green to serve afternoon tea. The thanks of members for .the president’s hospitality were conveyed by Mr. H. Summerfield, vice-president, who in reviewing the successes- of the season congratulated the president upon his handling of the club’s affairs, and upon his occupancy of the position of the club’s, chief officer. Mr. J. S. Lyons with four wins won the skips’ trophy, being closely followed by Mr. W. MacDonald and T. Lawson as runners-up with 3j wins each. C. R. Finnerty and L. Feek tied in number of wins for the leads’ prize, both having four wins to their credit, but on the aggregate points being taken into consideration Finnerty was declared the winner. PERSONAL ITEMS. Mr. E. Townsend, Eltham, is undergoing a minor operation at the New Plymouth hospital. Tribute, to the late Mr. H. Trimble, until recently chairman of the Stratford Technical High School Board, was paid yesterday, when at the prizegiving after the school sports a large number of parents, old pupils and scholars stood in silence for a moment in his honour. Reference to Mr. Trimble’s devotion to the school was made by Mr. J. McAllister, chairman of the board. It was Mr. Trimble’s greatest and most intense interest in his latter years, said Mr. McAllister, and he. lost no opportunity to forward the interests of the school. / GENERAL ITEMS.

Too Many Race Meetings. “The trustee will control the expenditure of a farmer and tell him he must not go to too many race meetings,” said Mr. C. A. Wilkinson, M.P., when speaking of the provisions of the mortgage legislation at Eltham. “He will also say the farmer is not to go to too many Farmers’ Union meetings.” Not a Willing Reduction. “Without this Act you would not get many voluntary settlements,” said Mr. C. A. Wilkinson, M.P.; when discussing mortgage relief proposals at Eltham. “I have never known a mortgagee willingly to take 5s off a mortgage.”