SPORT AND SPORTSMEN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19236, 25 November 1930, Page 8

SPORT AND SPORTSMEN.

The Reserves Committee reported to last night’s meeting of the City Council that the Spreydon Bowling Club had written asking permission to hold a bowling match against a visiting Timaru club in the portion of Spreydon Domain used bv- the club as a bowling green, on a Sunday towards the end of the year. As organised sports in the city reserves on Sunda> r s were forbidden by the by-laws, the committee had informed the club that it could not accede to its request. The report was adopted without discussion. A good deal of preparatory work is being done in connection with the Carnival Day Sports, to be held on the Hanmer Springs Domain on December 13. An attractive programme, which includes sawing, chopping and motor events, has been drawn up, and there is every promise of a successful gathering. It is hoped to have the Amberley Pipe Band in attendance, and there is to be a carnival dance in the evening. A reduction in the charge made for the use of the swimming pool at the Municipal Tepid Baths for carnivals conducted by clubs was agreed upon by the City Council last evening. The Baths Committee reported that the East Christchurch Amateur Swimming Club had written stating that carnivals conducted by it at the Municipal Baths had always resulted in a financial loss, which the club attributed partly to the charge made for the use of the baths. It had been found that clubs using the baths for carnivals very seldom made a profit unless there was some special attraction, such as a visiting swimmer. The number of carnivals held at the baths was about four or five each year, and the committee considered that a reduction in the charge might result in certain swimming clubs, which did not at present use the baths, holding carnivals there. It was therefore recommended that for the ensuing season the charge . for the use of the baths for swimming carnivals be £3 3s instead of £5 as at, present. The recommendation was adopted.