BOWLING BREEZES.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 February 1926, Page 4

BOWLING BREEZES.

ENGLISH TOUR EXPENSES. WELLINGTON, February 17. Bowlers are a race of men who arc always supposed to be full of the spirit of good fellowship, but being human, they sometimes get crusty with one another. Last night’s meeting of the Wellington Bowling Centre, for instance, did not start off at all placidly when it was mentioned that there was a credit balance of .1*125 to meet bills totalling £l3O odd for entertainment of the British bowlers. One member, Mr H. G. Mayer, found fault with the cost ol printing the souvenir programme, and the manner in which the order lor its production had gone forward.

There were one or two sharp passages at arms round the table, and at length Mr Coles was constrained to plead that it should not be allowed to go out that they were squabbling over tlie cost of entertaining the British team.

At this stage the secretary, Air R. AY. Shallorass, got into trouble. 11 is action in leaving tito table and sitting elsewhere to converse with Press representatives incurred the displeasure of All- ,|. s. Keith. The secretary promptly returned to his place on the eight hand of the president. " Sorry gentlemen. ” lu? remarked. “ I’ll get hack to my job and stick to it.”

Calm having been restored, the centre then discovered that although howls might he a very line game it is not always cheap to run and that there

was imminent risk of winding up season with a. debit balance rot about £lO. A democratic method

impiw.ing this sad outlook was soon discovered, namely a levy of 9d per member on all clubs ill the centre, calculated to bring in a return of £SO ami leave a. credit of about £lO for the in-coming centre to sit on ns a nest

The levy was soon struck. The prospect of being again in Binds was pleasing to all, and the meeting broke up witli everybody feeling much better than thev did at the start.