DAY BY DAY.

Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17242, 29 October 1927, Page 6

DAY BY DAY.

The bowling season has entered upon its new term and all New Season the greens in Hamilton for are freely .patronised The Bowler, by the many keen devotees of the pastime. The game not only in Hamilton but throughout the whole of the South Auckland Centre is going ahead rapidly and the season just entered on gives promise , of being most successful. South Auckland, from the point of view of clubs and their membership, is the second largest Centre in Now Zealand. The Dominion tournament is to he played at Christchurch this year and South Auckland is almost sure to be represented. The Centre tournament has been fixed for Hamilton and is.to start on Boxing Day instead of a date laic on in January, which lias been the practice in the past seasons. A further important phase in the new season’s programme .will be the homo and home competitions with Auckland for the Hardlcy Shield, while a visit by the executive and bowlers from the local Centre to the East Coast early in the new Year is also likely to he fulfilled.

Hamilton, for its size, may take high

Rowing In Waikato and Hamilton's Record.

credit to itself for the .prominence it lias attained by

reaching the top grade in various branches of sport and pastime. In this latter respect the Hamilton Rowing Club has more than done its part in bringing the town and district into prominence by the deeds of its oarsmen and scullers on foreign waters, including Australian courses. For its limited . membership the club has a record in competition which would be hard to eclipse. The organisation which keeps the ilag of rowing and sculling aloft on the Waikato, warrants the fullest measure of support in its operations. The club is linked with a pastime to meet the needs of which a heavy financial expenditure has to be met in the purchase and the constant upkeep of boats and oars and the members actively connected with this strenuous and healthy pastime deserve to have their efforts supported in every wa v. The public may look forward with confidence to the Hamilton Club worthily upholding, during the coming season, the high standard it has set in this important realm.

One of the great changes of recent years is undoubted^

A Nation of Houseowners.

the growing habit among all classes of the population of buying the houses

in which they live, says a Lomlon paper The same thing applies in Alw Zealand. People are now much more anchored than they were tefen war This change has come about partly through the desire of people lo have a home of their own—a desire made possible by the aid of bui ding societies, who in Britain advanced lor this purpose £0i,000,000 in alone —and partly through the actual shortage of houses. Moving is no longer" the simple thing-it used to be. People would rather buy their houses and be sure of a permanent home. The change is all to the good. A man who owns the house in wdiich he lives can and does take a pride and interest in it which a mere tenant can never possess. It is sure to be well looked after, for he feels that home really is home now' and that he will not be wasting care and energy for the benefit of somebody else.

The National Horse Association claims that the tide has turned in favour of the horse. More horses are working in London now' than in 1913. Many firms employ horses, but young drivers complain that they lose caste compared with motor drivers. The association is issuing posters and window cards championing the horse.