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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 509, 17 May 1909, Page 7

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WELLINGTON CLUB. ,I ' — 1 , SEASON OPENED, BY THE, PliptPß, u Tb ?r'i? <!la i °?T?& A f IH fewon, as ftp fl? the -Wellington (*f>ll Club is qonperned, tools Jilaco la;t! Saturday, when, In spito of the ovrering sira,. seme 4QO people assembled »t , tho/Heretaunga iAinljs. , , Sir Ward! (president pf. the, club) was, Sresejut, with Zady Ward and Miss Ward. In eolaringj the. season, ppen, Sir Joseph cnngratu» laled, the club on lljip large a.ttendanoo. He exs«3sed tho pomniibtco's regret at having had J , to rase the subscription. This was necessi- , tatcd by the m improving the but it had apparently n.qt hail any i< detrimental eftect on ,, n»cmbe[bh)P, pa nil bnt four or fhe of la<l year's niemlierg h,ad re-, joined. He congratulated the ..club on the transtopinntion that had boon efleofed on tho ground within th,e last t\to|Ta mpnths, and expresssd the hope thitfc the season would bo a very successful one.' AVlth, the cheap railway fares, which were now mailable for golfers, in conlmwv'iMtlv th,6 g«u.er.al publlQ on the Hutt line, he sans no reason yrh.y very largo numbers of people, should US* go oiit to th<} Jinks. (Appkus?.) j fia,dy Vwd then presented the prizes, which Bad been won during the dny. These wore as follow .-i-Ladies" Bogey Handicap, senior (Miss Joseph's Cup), Hiss HarpoiKt; Lades' Boeey i Handicap, juntoi- (Miea Joseph's Onp), Miss Madge Burns and Miss Watson, a tic which will bo playeq off. later. Mr. A S, Bvii (capUin of the club) then eallcd for*ch«ers for Sir Joseph and Ladv Ward, wWoh Ueartjlj given, Mf. Biss also announced that Sir Jo«eph Ward had intimeled to him that he would again this year, as fee did Inst year, present two onps for competition among ladies aijfi men members of th.Q club, under conditions to bo determined by the oonrralttoe. The ladies' competitions resulted as follow — -Driving, Mhs M. Bnrqg, approaching, Misa Hannay; putting, Jliss Jla.rcourt. The men's compotitlons resulted:—Driving Dr. Webster; approaching, A. J. Abbott) pultirig, not decided. A seven-hole exhibition match was played between members of the several Wellington clubs Ihis took the form of a mijed foursome, tho couples playing at their chib handicaps against the Wellington Clnb's Bogey score. The results vere as follow - M. W. HortoA and-Miss Cattor (3), Uiramar, 1 down. H. G. Dtrfsbwy and Miss Gray (5), Miramar 2 down. , Dr. Pnrdy and Mrs.. Watfeuie (7), Hntt 2 donil. J. L. Climie and Migs CfiJlendsr (5), Butt, 2 down. , A. Dqncan and Miss HanDay (orve 1), WoUlflgi ton, 3 down. A. J. Abbott and Miss L. Brandon (scr.), Weilingten, 'i dovn Tea was served in the diningroom of the coif- 1 , ' t porter that tho Railnny Department nas trtkEmtu a 7Cnr fro,n t ' ,e club ' 3 sld,n^ t