“OLD AGE MORTGAGE.”

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 328, 8 January 1937, Page 3

“OLD AGE MORTGAGE.”

SFORT OF BOWLS. Melbourne Veteran’s Record Though bowls is not necessarily an old man’s game, there are many old men in the game. Albeit, not many like Mr William Muter, 86 years old and still participating in pennant matches with the Moonee Ponde Bowling Clu'b, Melbourne, states the Melbourne correspondent of the “Free Lance.” I “Dad” Muter, as he is known to his I clubrimates, is acclaimed the oldest pehnant player in bowls in Australia. And, just to prove it, the veteran keeps up a standing challenge to any bowler in the Commonwealth over the age of 80 years. Two years ago a couple of octogenarians accepted the challenge, but had to hand the laurels to “Dad” Muter. This remarkable old sportsman is* no stranger to New Zealand. In fact, he once resided in New Zealand, having landed at Port Chalmers in 1873, when whispers of Otago’s prolific goldfields induced him to forsake hie' farm home near Edinburgh. Living for variable periods at Dunedin, Milton, Balclutha, and other Otago districts, Mr Muter was just settling down to life in New Zealand whcfti, in 1879, his mining plant at Cromwell was swept away in a terrific flood. Back he went to Scotland, where he remained for many years until he came to Australia 22 yeare ago to join members of his family* who had settled earlier.

And by the way, if any of the old hands can remember the New Zealand high jump championship in Dunedin in 1875 they may also remember the winner—William Muter.