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Shannon News, 8 October 1926, Page 2

According to Mr E. Peck, president of the Sjdcuham (Christchurch) Boiling Club, the necessary qualifications for a successful bowler are a thin thatch and a good rotundity about the middle. In opening the season of the club on Saturday, lie expressed pleasure that the member for Christchurch East, Mr H. T Armstrong, was present “IE you take up bowls, Mr Arnistx oiig. * * said Ml- Peek, “you will extend your life by ten years. ” “®hat Would be a national calamity.” retort ed Mr Armstrong. “You are thm on the top, and thick in the middle,” continued Mr Peck amid laughter, and so you have all the qualifications ot a bowler.”