BOWLING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14019, 25 September 1909, Page 5

BOWLING.

The bowling season witt v«y soorf bo with ns Again, much to tbe relief of tho leisured gentleman who spend a spare hour or two on the green the summer through. The local greens are heing worked into" good order and pro-

miso to be fast and true w hen the opening days come. The Auckland Provincial Bowling Association held its fourteenth annual meeting last Tuesday. Mr. O. Nicholson was re-elected president, Mr. J. (.'arlttw vice-president, and Mr. A. M. Hrwloii hon. secretary. A sui)comrnittee consisting of Messrs. Bryden, Carlaw, and Kaitkiu was, sot up to consider the question oi arranging a southern tour. It was decided to hold tbe next annual tournament at Easter. Thi' Mount Edt'ii (Auckland) Club has dtcided to lojoiu the Northern Bowling Association. The Wanganui Club will open its gruen for the .season on October 2, the St. John's Club following suit on the tollowing Saturday Local opinion at Wnnganui is Wrongly against the "open door" |H)licy adopted by the N.8.A., as unduly luvournig city clubs. The Waitara iiouling Club has decided to erect a pavilion. At the annual meeting debentures to the amount of £90 were taken up for the purpose. A visit of iwwlers fiom Australia seonio to be assured this season. The Sydney Itefeiec says: — ''New Zealand is to — bj hook or by crook — bo paid that li'iig-proiniscd visit some time during the coming twelve months, jmssibly about Jannarv , hut nothing definite l"ai> >et lieen decided beyond that it no Australian team goe.s New South Wales will do her Ix'.st to 'rise to requirements 1 iind semi over as much oi ilic i lower ol 'her howling as she -an togetherperhaps fiv(> links- and it will Ih> no pickiiickin<^ team either. It i.s to ho, individually and collectively, uiipr«v*oi| with the impoilunt'o ol gathering up tho.se ashes and bringing them hack again." As (he New Bmitli Welshmen are sending .1 team to Melbourne for ' Itii'1 tii' Week, to Tasmania at Christmas, jukl South Australia at Easter, while a It am is- >i( picscnt riMiing (Jueeu.sIpnd, it will bo situ that those isclectcd can iiavo plenty ol jiuiLt-ttin^. The New Zealand Howling Association, according to its annual report, has lit w a men lership of 3119, divided among fifty-nine affiliated clubs.