BOWLING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 16036, 22 January 1918, Page 7

BOWLING.

THE TARANAKI TOURNAMENT. I OPENED TO-DAY. . FAVOURED WITH GLORIOUS WEATHER. The thirteenth annual tournament of the Taranaki Bowling Centro opened at New Plymouth to-day in glorious weather. Forty-four rinks are competing—the same number as last year—the Now Plymouth, Fitzroy, and West End greens being occupied. The entries have been divided into live sections (A, B, C, D, and E) and all games will be 2f heads. All the Taranaki clubs are represented as well as Waverley, Wanganui, Gonville, and St. J obns, and the bowling is likely to be of a very high order. The visitors were extended a hearty welcome to the town and to the tournament, and the hope was expressed that all would spend a must enjoyable time. The greens are all in splendid order. Mr. W. F. Brooking is acting as umpire at the New Plymouth green, Mr. ft. Bundle at Fitzroy, and Mr. F. J. Hill at West End, whilst Mr. 0, N, Firth is again acting as secretary, m which position he has given so much satisfaction for some years past. SECTION A.—Fitzroy Green. Fitzroy (Sole, Williams, Plumtree, Higgs, Skip.) 14, v. St. John’s (Wright, Sewell, Stephenson, Benefield, skip), 29. West End (Billing, Curtis, Potty, Fred Newell, skip) 16, v. Gonville (Redwood, Rite, Bownter, skip) 25. Opunake (Canned, Judson, Parkes, Dcs Forges, Ikip) 13, v. Stratford (Porritt, Masters, King, G. Smart, skip) 21. Wanganui (Benefield, Payne, Telloy, London, skip.) 11, v. New- Plymouth (Ingram. Wood, Woollett, Medley, skip.) 22. SECTION B.—New Plymouth Green. Fitzroy (Healy, Bennett, Avery,' Price, skip.) 17, v. St. Johns (Holloway, Harkness, Christie, Gordon, skip.) 16. Pihama (Pohi Tito, Julian, Lainbie, Mason, skip.) 12, v. Hawera (Rudkin, Hodge, Robertson, Foy. skip) 25. Waverley (Dalton, Palmer, J. E. Prouse, M’Govery, skip) 15, v. Stratford (Martin, McDonald, Morrison, Songster, skip.) 16. .... Wanganui (Foster, Collins, Ritchie, Atkinson, skip.) 23, v. Okato (Gable, Amsley, M'Leod, Roebuck, skip) 21. New Plymouth (M’Leod, Firth, Fookcs, A. K. Smart, skip), a bye.

SECTION C.—West End Green. Fitzroy (Oxenhara, Jackson, Chivers, Smith, skip.) 18, v. Eltham (Fairhall, Murray, Barnard. Curtis, skip.) 17. West End (Oliver, Johnson, Hill; Beal, skip.) 18, v. Gonville (BrSwn, Bragg, Wainbousc, Nixon, skip.) 19. Waverlcv (Parson, James, Verry, B. P. Palmer' skip.) 16, v. Rattenbury, Ford. Wylie, skip.) 23. Inglewood (M’Claggan, Codd, Coldwell, Branch, skip.) 21, v. New Plymouth (Green, Hooker, Phillips, Jonkinson, skip.) 17. ; Manaia (Kirk, Herbert, Putt, Christie, skip.) a bye. , SECTION D.—New Plymouth Green. Fitzroy (Jury, Dinglo, Rennoll, Abbott, skip.) 16, v. St. Johns (Launchland, Robertson; Hod,son, Green, skip.) 17.

West End (Walsh, White, Lee, Frank Newell, skip.) 18, v. Hawera (M’Lachlan, Corkill, Curtis, .Holland, skip.) 25. Patea (Washer, Holthanl, Elliott, Cnrev, skip), 19, v. Stratford (Jackson, Rowe, M’Donald, Bickerton, skip.) !7. ■ Inglewood (Ligbtfoot. Lile, Payne, Cottier, skip.) 17, v. Now Plymouth (Lnscombe, O’Shea, " Johnston, H. Smart, skip.) 18. Waitara (Tclfar, Crombie, Sampson, C. Sampson, a bye. SECTION E.—Fitzroy Green.

Fitzroy (Roberts, Rrooker, Beadle, M'Ncil, skip.)-16j v. St. Johns (Carpenter, Allomes, Wright, Abram, skip.) 17. West End (Putt, Wood, Lobb, Sole, skip), 24, v. Hawera (Goodwin, Brunette, Spence. Robb, skip.) 15. .Opunake (Macfio, Papakura, Thorpe, Burton, skip.) 20, v. Stratford (Fookes, Walters, Franks, Skoglund, skip.) 21. Inglewood (Drake, Roberts, Morton, Spurdle. skip.) 18, v. Anroa (Bradford, Poole, Buxton, Johnston, skip.) 15. New Plymouth, (Carter, Bellringer. Manning, Willis, skip.), a bye.

' Importations from the United States bid fair to become luxuries, judging by the way freight rates aro advancing.. Recent quotations by cable give freights for sailers at £8 per ton, and for steamers £l4 per ton. This means adding considerably to the landed cost of goods in Auckland, when insurance, war rates, and other charges are included. Bulky goods such ns motor-cars will necessarily bo correspondingly dearer, and: the cost of future shipments of benzine may bo higher. Already benzine is quoted on* the local market at 24s to 25s per case, which adds to the cost of transit by motor-power. Australia is taking advantage of the opportunity to get its goods on this market. A large business is now being done in axe and other handles, which formerly came from the United States, but are now made in the Commonwealth from spotted gum, which appears to be a very suitable wood for the purpose.

One of the results of the shortage of shipping space for London is that again this season no cool storage space will be available for shipments of apples to tbo London market. An Auckland exporter, who bad sold thirty or forty thousand cases of apples for London, subject to delivery being possible, wrote to. the Overseas Shipowners' Committee to ask that space be allotted in cool storage. He received a reply, dated January 14, as follows: “I have to inform you that under instructions from the Imperial Government no space can be made available for the shipment"" of apples in cool storage.” This is a repetition of what occurred last season, and will mean that apple-growers are to be confined to the markets of the Dominion. . As stone fruits are likely to be short this season, owing to the largo quantity that fell from the trees before coming to maturity, it is possible that apples may find a," correspondingly better demand this year.

‘‘An Old Believer in Baxter’s.”— That is bow a sawmill hand concludes his letter to Mr. Baxter about a further supply of Lung Preserver. “With IDs worth of this sterling remedy,” he says, “I reckon I can cure all the colds in Horopito, the wettest place in the Dominion.” This man’s faith in Baxter’s Lung Preserver as a cure for coughs and colds is typical of ’thousands of others who have received welcome and permanent relief from colds and bronchial troubles* fiet a big Is IQd bottle.jQ-dsi.