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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20173, 27 February 1931, Page 17

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■pOTES OF THE DAY. CK. *mm ensure that this column may fluj the utmost possible service to lß| Rj pffing community, secretaries of '9 daily circulation are requested flB tofe***"* as 80011 as P° Bs "'' q a c °py dHiP> «lnb's programme for the 1931 V together with their own postal B-'l^^^lterations' in the programme. w bo welcomed. Such matter -|p' peaeh Tub Press Offico by the to re B rotte(l that tho numfor tho handsome Simes ■ fMffiial Cup afc Hanmer Springs was 1' to justify the tournament ■ for which, accordingly another - Wkjjmwu jtiust be arranged. To secure a ■Mientry it may be found advisable to make some change in the s Friday-to-Monday limit, -l'hxs managed by making the first qualifying one against bogey, MralfflKfaii*. pairs at the head of tho ] playing off in three rounds | Municipal course on Rawhiti BkbSmibhii. New Brighton, preparations | MraßjaSft coming season are being every hand, the weeds are being cleared off the and tho mower is busy on portions. Tees HraHSsfojjfe. ireoeiving a lot of attention, 'Jj' every prospect that in tho ■fflffißltiiff'feMon the course will show a Just at present, ijfMinrary greens are in use at and the grass of . the is awaiting the mower, a course is rather a penance WHBEETjfr; <nw r and tho visitor is a ■HBSifpaded to keep the right route, ■HB&jppOM: not apply when the for with the narHHBBwffni ud very moderate-sized accuracy m keeping the HUHgHud in 'approaching is called for, .the bogey figures some required. So far, no luni been attempted, and, HHBhKh,- jndneis required, 'the natural HHffißßpßy'iin the way of sandv exrough beine quite adequate HHHbwJt: the mishit shot. For the a. round or two at RaHHB&gg]j prove very beneficial. - who last year repreSouth Wales in the KirkCrip contests, and who was HHHHgfc ty many good judges' aa tho IBpß|||fßift ir l " T '°'" """"ff t>in visitors, HBHtef*' nt two articles appearing mH9pt« issues of the- Sydney "BefHHJHHbfatfee second of these he gives ■HHHppfgl hints to young players, H£jHHHnKsa particular the importance of game and thei njjed for eonKHHuiee. and for careful observa< kTJHHHW) method* .of good-players. I mmmt Walter Bagen's visit he I JHtHHwlc particular notice of the I JlHktd his fgrproach sljota from 1 XmMm®* green. He was so sure of > |g|HHAtr »»dwwas# s down in two ; so : toMfote hi* move-J HHcrwiisft he' uses* ft 'nsS-iron Hkfora, or if a htmunocl^ J .M <; ijf,4^ a tio n HH juu to be carried, .ho' 1 -a Hi roade-maahie or ,-Whatmm wet cisb is tiffed lib. Btroko 1b played HI | exactly the sameHray. The elubhead lcept close ta the ground both; in the ■Kpfrnniif the line'after tlu Hb iahit The'¥eet are closfe together ball opposite the left- heol is on the right' foot, s HHHna'grip is essential.'' After descril* ■Kb *'explosion" shot he a#ds a.useHffidit in the following: "If the balj Ja - the middle of the bunker, HHmp hole .is on the .far side of the \*he same way, but .tjto-greea with sand. The extra th« sand, adds length to HHSnpS*' inijwnary of the career HjHmjiiiMlyouag Commonwealth (Victoria) HHHipil'Xl- Williams, Who is now at of . age rated plu* two, won the Sorrento Cup in Melbourne. In he has brought-' down his HBm from twenty, an# must, alBonpnto moating the ladies' with wbjteh (goes thq Cop, was won by Miss AustralisiL title-holder, HHHwTlMrS'ronnd of 74, eight strokes in" turn, wag strokes... of Miss Enid HHRpf£ wjio finished third, fler round in: the "Australawinner's was a glorious HHHBno||9lf that was at once vigHHHHmt',pnieafal) in .thQ, long game,' acenrafo-in the other of, her stroke# ,|by her run of four'sucthe sixth to the also hid a t£ree at the aliased,two or putts 'ipgod; or'her'figures would lor the' 36-000- : aV.'Agua Qaliente, Mexico, . nearly all the gofidcra tooSt through Florida States. From i HHP^' competition ' was ot ' and despite*, the, rain of HHH'# «'J-, CEoWen-beat ihe diffi|^|HHK|w/.tiie course (72) by two closely by E. Dudley BgHHHMPlhitra with 71, and by MacBHHPtit; fiorton Smith; .Sarazen i HHp l winner), Dlegel, and H. H|HHnAO' < irei9 ievfll with par. A followed, and were about two strokes |HMHHpw«td, Gplden and v Dudley hairing kept their lead, ■HHHiPoiuld Smith. (74), Dutra Sarazen (75), HBmNb or ■■HHlSp&ft bad taken 150 strokes ■HMW 'il JSsplgosa 151 (75, - 78), professional' champion mHKwtlSw, liad failed to qualify competition, as b a cl hlbo Hunter, and Kozak The for r °Golden w^h >,1 218 altltx* improved their ', for Cox's round :r " l ' "I 4 -/" 1 'V-V- --- . In; 485443154-^6—72 >44M54m~34 x Smjth at the 220' mark C,: Clwk; Putra, Smith 223, arid

Diegel 224. of the fourth round was a fine 71 by Von Elm IVW 1 Ught hira level with J. Hn5 eQ c/ , at , 283 strokes. A 76 to wfiniKi ept him in third Pl a^, Fiv°V? n / f M - S utra ' C - Clark' and with 90R n° r next four P»zes L Dinnol" 1? X Wlth " 79 tio<3 With witlT n 8 ?„u ° c U me , up several places anfatenrl rOU ?, d c l l 2' The leading amateurs were Pay Coleman (311) and ;V»S7 60n ( ? 13 >> , both ° f whom had ""eh r 'Si«i co^ide S35 fcrm Tri *; lrcU1 " 3ta ; nces > an excellent per-strol-ps Sphpsmg Von Elm's by four £> thlS roUnd G° ldc « had ir +hn on i i and only nine ,n -tho 90 holes he had played.

AVONDALE CLUB. annual general meeting. At the annual general'meeting of the Avondale Golf Club held on Wednesday evening, Mr James Carter, the president of the club, presided over a representative attendance of-members. A motion of sympathy with Mr 11. Lightband (club captain) in tho recent loss of his son -*vas passed. The annual report, which was adopted Dy the meeting, showed that while tho •ten a membership—despite tho current depression—had been well maintained, -trfoV ie i 1 durin s tho last few weeks had dropped considerably below the corresponding figure for last year. The report referred to Mr C. H. Redhead s programmo of course constructional improvements at Avondale, now practically completed, as one of tho biggest jobs of its kind ever undertaken j m the Dominion. Chiefly in order to I ¥hi° to certain greens no less than 10,000 tons of soil and sand had een shifted, and for the improvement of the fairways 4GOO tons of top-dress-ing had been put down. The policy adopted by the club of engaging a !wj v? golf course architect had justihed itself in every ,way. Satisfaction was in the manner in which Mr Bedhead, in his plana, had taken rial advantage of tho natural and diversified golfing contours of the country. the in moving the adoption of the annual repoVt, balance-sheet and accounts, congratulated members on the success of the recent debenture issue necessary to finance the "Bedhead" impfoyements. He commented on the financial position of tho club as satisfactory, saying that but for what might bo termed special expenditure in connexion with the debenture issue, there was an excess of incoihe over expenditure for the year of £lB 19s lid. The cost of the "Bedhead" improvements, £2789 19s 6d, conferring, as it did, a lasting benefit to members had bejn capitalised and appeared as an asset on the balance-sheet. During the year considerable • additions had been made to the links plant including a new triplex mower,' and electric pumping plant, and a tractor. He congratulated members on the sporting course they now had at Avondale—particularly on the up-to-date bunkering system, and on the perfection of the-greens which, always good, had never been better than they were this year. The election of officers for the ensuing Toar resulted, with one exception, in the 1930 committee and officials being reappointed—Mr W, Clark did not seek re-eleetion. Officers for the 1931 season are:—President, Mr James Catter; vice-presidents, Messrs P. \V, Deighton and 2sT. V. Smith; club captain, Mr H. Lightband; committee: C. H. Bascand, R. A. Campbell, iSf.-L. Davin, B. J. Masters, J. B.<- McClymont, J; M. Preaton, and A. Mc-Donald-Smith; hon.' secretary, and treasurer, Mr J. M. Preaton; hon. auditor, Hf Bi C. Bingham. ' Tha meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the 1930 officers and committed, ]

' RICHMOND HILL CLUB, : , The annual general meeting of tho - ' Blchmond Hill Club wag held last evening, •when Mr y. £, Hamilton 1 presided - oyer a attendance, / The report and , .balance-sheet as alra4y- published wera adopted. "The election of officers resulted as followsj—President, Mr V. E. HamilMessrs Q. M. Hall, J. JX Edmonds, .J. S, Lawrence, sen.; , captain, Mr JF. J. Glapkin; 'secretary, ' H. T t Hamilton; treasurer, Mr S. L. youngj auditors, Messrs J. A. wamieaon and 0, E Webster; committee, Messrs J. B. Bruges, T. S. Knight, Johnston; - H.. S. Feast, J. E. Brodie, and P. L. Brandt. '®i\e secretary reported that the membertfljip roll was in a very satisfactory- ■ The chairman stated'that it > was very gratifying to see that a number ofSumner residents werq joining the clnb r p - Mr E;;L. Young introduced the subjfiet (S of the desirability of a' levy to carry v out a comprehensive scheme of course: improvements. He said that the club was in a "different position from other .dubs in that it did not own tho land on which its links were situated and for that reason the various commit- , tees had been somewhat diffident over undertaking any extensive schemes of improvement. It was felt moreover that , tie clubhad not received tho bosj; value for the money that had been spent and fie' therefore strongly advocated the .drawing up of a comprehensive schemo at theJjeginmng of the season 1 . To do this increased income'ypas necessary and he considered that a small levy would be preferable to an increase in subscription. , | Messrs P. J. dlaekin and F. O. Strong voiced thqir disapproval of levies, tho former suggesting wording bees as the necessary '. solution; and the latter the f opening of a subscription list. Other members spoke in favour of a lpvy. The president (Mr V. E. Hamilton) said that one. feature that should be given consideration 'was that at present subsidies could be obtained on unemployment relief work. He considered that .a comprehensive scheme was the only. way 'of taking - advantage of the present labour position- and at the same time effecting l ; much-needed improvements to the eourse, ' Mr G. M. Hall moved as a recommendatipn to the incoming committee, "That if the committee considers that improvements to tho coursl require increased -revenue, the method of raising the money should be by a levy not ' exceeding. 55.". . The motion was carried, The chairman move.d that a special vote of thanks be accorded the ladies for their activities during the year and for the manner in which they assisted in the entertainment of visiting teams. 1 It was decided to plpce on record the members' appreciation of the services rendered to the club by Messrs J. and C. | Sead-Gowing, the former as president i and the latter as captain and secretary, j Mr G. Willis was thanked for his interest in and his- assistance club, and % secretary (Mr B. H.'T. Hamil-' tan), and the treasurer {Mr J. E, Brodie) Were also thanked for their good work, during the season. ' - «