BOWLING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5689, 20 July 1897, Page 3

BOWLING.

(From Our Own Correspondent),

Cjiitkiitox, Tuesday, Mr J. Blouiquist lias just completed his contract for making a bowling green and handed it oyer (o " Tlie Carterton Bowling Club." j will give a brief description whicl may interest some of your readers The work was commenced in Awns last year, it ought really to have bee taken in hand three months befon This, together with (lie difficulty o procuring the needful materia! delayed the progress of the work si that the green was not ready for tli grass seed until October. A stead drought set in early in November lastinguptill the middle of February, with the exception of a few showers y almost killing the young grass am stopping further work, as well a preventing any play being held o the green that season. The ivor was again resumed in ilnrcli, an the damage from diought made "uot and now the green is in as condition as could be wished, rc inarkably thick in the sward, air absolutely free of weeds. Tlle green is a full sized oik fi measuring 120 ft x 120 ft, with path around, substantially made turfe banks, twenty inches' high all rouir the gutters. The borders are sixtee feet wide, allowing ample space fo variety of (lowers and .shrubs Along the south side of the fence hedgerow of C. JutKoiiiuna on tli I'm e '! s .' s ' ( ' l! llno " | er of matip * imiifolmm l'dlnsporum" hiiv been planted, together with variety of flowers anil shrubs. Th site is an excellent one for the put pose, the best that could be selectei in Carterton, as apart from beiir central, the ground is higher tlia' the adjacent main street, rest ing on a stratum of porous .slriiHt affording easy facilities for drainage *, should that be found necessary, a] though tlio contractor is conficlcn flint tins can be dispensed with August will be the real testing tim to eho\v whether his conjectures at' correct in this respect. The contrac has been faithfully cawied out an to the entire satisfaction of thoClu'