VICTORIA PARK.

Waipa Post, Volume II, Issue 55, 24 October 1911, Page 3

VICTORIA PARK.

•TE AWAMUTU'S PLAY GROUND AND GARDEN. INFORMALLY OPENED. Victoria Park presented a most animated scene of life and vigour yesterday. There was a very large gathering of both public and players, some. interested in tennis, others in cricket or croquet, and a goodly number in the ancient game of bowls. We most heartily commend the Puniu Domain Board on the great improvements wrought in their grounds. We 'are fully convinced that in a very short time Te Awamutu will have a recreation ground that will not only be a great ornament to the town, but a splendid place where old and young may gather and enjoy themselves to their heart's content. So far as we could learn, as we moved to and fro amongst the various players yesterday they were one and all loud in their expressions of appreciation and thankfulness to those who had catered for their wants. The bowling green is a picture of delight and must charm the hearts of the bowlers. Special praise is due to Messrs White and Clements, senr. (green superin-

tendants) and to the club's caretaker, Mr C. Haines. The tennis courts only need completing to be a source of satisfaction to all players. Some of the leading members of the club were hard at work right up to the last moment getting things into order. Their

commendable enthusiasm prom-

ises well for the future of the ?• club. The croquet players were evidently having the best of the game on the reserved bowling green. Altogether we feel satisfied that Te Awamutu is : in a most enviable position in regard to its recreation grounds and in the near future will possess one of the finest sports grounds in the Dominion.