REMARK RESENTED.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20537, 12 February 1935, Page 11

REMARK RESENTED.

Member Threatens to Resign. BOWLING DISPUTE. An allegation by one of the three members of the Match Committee of the Christchurch Bowling Centre that he was not consulted when decisions were made, and that one of the members had a prejudice against the Canterbury Club was made by Mr B. J. Finnegan at last night's meeting of the centre. As a sequel to this. Mr W. Efford verballv resigned from (lie Match Committee. After a long discussion in committee, it was stated that Mr Finnegan had withdrawn the allegation complained of, and that Mr Efford barf reconsidered his decision to resign. Mr Finnegan complained that he was not consulted by the other members of tiie Match Committee. Messrs J. A. Dickson and Efford had not consulted* him when fixtures were made. He de- | cJared that Mr Efford was prejudiced against the Canterbury Club, and would not have matches played there. Mr Efford protested against Mr Finnegan’s remarks, saying that lie never objected to playing at Canterbury. As to the deliberations of the Match Committee. all he knew was that the secretary (Mr H. B. Oakev) rang him up and* asked his opinion on. certain mat- “ Too Paltry Mr Dickson read extracts from the committee’s report to show that it was mainly a record of the past doings of the centre. He saw the secretary a week ago to call a meeting of the com- ] mittee to arrange greens for the centre - championships and the Easter tournament. On the day suggested. Mr Finne- < gan was unable to attend, and on the following day Mr Efford could not at- j of the committee act t wsthout°consuiting the third is too paltry to need any , reply.” added* Mr Dickson. Mr Efford: T must ask for the with- :

drawal of Mr Finnegan’s remarks, or T ; shall have to tender mv resignation as ; a member of the Match Committee. Mr Finnegan: T have no intention of ' withdrawing. What I said Is true, and 1 I stick to it. Mr Efford: Then T must ask you to The president (Mr T. G. Fox): I can- J not accent it. You will have to write gentlemen a re* v welcome here for a little peace and harmony. At this stage the matter went into committee. Date Fixed for Redpath ] Shield Match. MEETING OF CENTRE. \ The Christchurch Bowling Centre held its monthly meeting last evening. ' the president (Mr T. G. Fox) in the chair. For the first time the meeting 1 was held in the new rooms of the * Pioneer Sports Club. The Otago centre wrote approving of t February 28 as the date for the annual Redpath Shield match in Christchurch, j Mr J. A. Dickson reported for the Match Committee that twenty permits 1 for open-rink tournaments had been j granted. The annual match between the 1 Canterbury Justices of the Peace As- t eooiation and centre delegates would be 1 played on the Edge ware green on Febru- » arv 21. The match between Welling- 1 ton and Christchurch for the Barnett Tiki would he played at Wellington on I j .Saturday. Seven rinks would go to Wei- ; i lington on Friday and Mr 1.. B. Evans t Had been appointed manager. ! t in accordance with notice, Mr H. J. j c Ranger moved “That the motion on the minutes of the centre regarding club tournaments, limiting the number to , i one per club for the season 1934-35, be 1 r rescinded." ! 1 Mr Ranger said that he did not think 1 the restriction necessary so long as the j 2 club tournaments did not interfere with j t centre fixtures. His club (United) felt | \

that if a club could run a tournament t'V'Ty week, it should he allowed to do so. It was unlikely that the clubs would overdo it as it would not pay them. The motion was seconded by Mr S. D. Robinson (Barrington Club). Mr R. C. Morrison (Papanui Club), mover of the original motion, said that bis intention was to protect the small clubs, which would he squeezed out if the big clubs ran too many tournaments. Mr Morrison added that he had not meant the motion to apply to Saturdays. Mr T. I). I.ennie (Elmwood Club) pointed out that, according to the woHfling of the motion, it operated only for the present season, so at the end of tiu* season they would revert to the The motion was carried. Permission was given for the following club tournaments to be held: Barrington Club. March S and March 2S: Paoanui Club. March 9 and April 30: Bfckenham Club, February 21 and March 2. All application from the Oanteibury Club was held over until a date was named.