OFFER TO AUCKLAND BOWLING CLUB

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 127, 19 August 1927, Page 11

OFFER TO AUCKLAND BOWLING CLUB

EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY A lease of portion of the Domain for the construction of a bowling green has been offered to the Auckland Bowling Club by the City Council on condition that the club transfers to the council without charge portion of its property at the corner of Domain Street and Grafton Road for street widening in connection with the scheme to pro jvide an improved outlet from Stanley Street. The area to be leased is on the eastern boundary of the club’s property. The term of the lease is 21 years at a peppercorn rental, the council to have the right to determine the lease and re-enter at any time on giving two years’ notice. The council will compensate the club, if this right is exercised, on a sliding scale, full compensation for the capital cost of improvements to be paid if re-entry is made within the first 10 years, twothirds within 17 years, and one-third after the 17th year and before the expiry of the lease. ELECTRIC COURSING GREAT VOGUE IN BRITAIN By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright LONDON, Thursday. The sudden popularity of greyhound racing with electric hares has led to extraordinary developments. Thirty companies have been formed in London and other large cities in Britain, with a total capital of £1,000,000. At meetings at the White City at Karl’s Court, London, the attendances have been 90.000, and the gross takings have been on an average of £15,000 a week. The new sport has resulted in a boom in the shares in dogs. Some £1 shares are now worth £ 10. A dog which was worth £lO a few months ago was sold for £ 350. Any sort of greyhound pup has now a high market value.—A. and N.Z.