Dear Sir,

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 26, 19 June 1939, Page 4

Dear Sir,

Letters to the Editor must be clearly on one side of the paper. Where a nom-de.plume is used the name of the writer l must be enclosed for reference purposes only. L CROQUET AND THE DOMAIN l ' Sir, —On reading 'Sportsman's'" letter I Avas amazed at the information it imparted. One Avonders from what source Sportsman gleaned such: • information. It puzzles me why Avhen he Avas deriving the facts he Avrote, he did not make further enquiries as to the authenticity of i them. It is for his enlightenment ' and also for others avlio may have the i same vieAvs as himself that I Avrite ! this. Those 20 or 30 players comprising the ladies Croquet Club contribute to the Domain Board £25 per annum for the upkeep of their laAvns. In addition to this they supply their own motor moAver, the benzine to drive it, Avhiting for marking the j greens and other such items. That £25 is used solely to pay a man to cut the lawns twice a week during' the croquet season. The materials for topdressing are supplied by the Croquet Club, and 'the labour for sa.me is A'oluntary. At the opening of each season the ladies themseWes mark out the lawns and attend to numerous other jobs about their grounds. When the ladies decided that they badly needed a pavilion they did not proceed A to squeal like so many wound ed anmals and appeal to the public to build it for them —they did not Avait for the Domain Board to do the same but immediately set about earn ing money to supplement the AA r ant. The paA'ilion Avas built, all materials being paid for by the Ladies Croquet Club, the labour again being AToluntecred free of charge. Mr Sportsman, the footballers want a dressing shed—my ansAA'er to them 'is 'that If 25 of the so called ''weaker sex'' can obtain a paA r ilion AAiiat is there to .preA'cnt 250 husky footballers and athletics from doing likewise? I hope that after reading this, Sports man can realise how little of the Domain Board subsidy is expended on the croquet laAvns. Yours etc. <y "CROQUET SUPPORTER" Further correspondence under this head has been held OA 7 er till Wednesday's issue. Ed. THE DOMAIN Sir, —The proposition detailed in your leader is simply splendid. Come nOAA* Sports and Domain Board members, here is a lead for you —shoAV your mettle and sporting spirit. A Queen Carnival Avould, for sure, supply the needful cash. Your correspondent "Sportsman"' describes the present state of affairs as ''deplorable.'' So it is. Bu't Sportsman is absolutely •Avrong in his cruel attack upon the Ladies Croquet Club. EA T ery facility that club enjoys has been paid for by the club out of its OAvn funds. No favour has been rcceiA'ed by them from the Domain Board. Its members haA'e supplied their OAvn needs. 1 And here is an example for the fool- ( bailers to adopt the self reliarit A\*ay j too. "Sportsman" 1 questions AA-hat becomes of the £100 subsidy the Do. j main Board receiA'es. It Avould be just as interesting to know what becomes of the money the footballers collect at the gates. But Avhv dispute and Avrangle—let us each and pll put j shoulder to the wheel and enthusias- , ticallj r support a Q>ieen Carnival. Yours etc., FAIR PLAY.