TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 328, 8 January 1937, Page 4

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

NEW ZEALAND BOWLING. Dickinson (Avon) is still in the running for the New Zealand singles title in the tournament at Wellington. having yesterday successfully contested the third and fourth rounds.

WELCOME SHADE. A pleasing sight at Victoria Park at the- present, time is the Sycamore, Laburnum, Ash and plane trees. Their thick green foliage shuts out the sun and provides welcome shade for picnickers. COURTS 4 AND 5. The relaying of courts numbers 4 and 5, a subject of lengthy negotiation between the Stratford Tennis club and tha Domain Board, was commenced yesterday. It is expected that the work will be completed in three or four weeks. “N.Z, FREE LANCE.” > Echoes of the abdication of the exKlng are featured in a Berks of Illustrations of the principal figures in the historic case, in the current weekly issue of “The New Zealand Eree Lance. ” Ln direct contrast to that momentous and critical time are the happy holiday pictures are th® bright tone of the many bright and breezy stories with which the issue abounds. DUCKLINGS DESTROYED. The sight of a mallard duck flashing across the waters of Victoria Park lake in pursuit of her youug attracted the attention of a member ot the Domain Board staff- at feeding time on Sunday morning. He arrived on the spot just in time to see a six-weeks old duckling being drawn beneath a bank. Although eels are not atten seen in the lake it is surmised that they are responsible for losses which occur. It has also been noticed that some of the matured birds have been lamed.