FOOTBALL.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXIV, Issue 24, 18 April 1912, Page 8

FOOTBALL.

DANNEVIRKE SUB-UNION

The fortnightly meeting of the Dan-nevirke-Sub-union was 'held at Morgan's Tea-rooms last evening, Mr Carstou in the chair. It was resolved that the removal of L Nicholas' disqualification be ill eld over until the next fortnightly rmeet■ing. A letter was received from Mr G. Hunter, M.P., accepting jposition as patron, and enclosing ia donation towards the funds.

Enquiries were made from the Napier and AVaipawa High Schools as to the rules governing the Ransom Challenge Clip.—lt was resolved that the grading oif the various schools .remain as originally fixed, xiz. : Palmerston Thirds, Te Ante Fourths, Dannevirke Seconds, N'apier Thirds, AVobdvihe Firsts, Waipawa Firsts. It was decided to hold a seven a-siue tournament on June 3. The following were appointed >a ecr.rnittee to control the sports:—Messrs \ art an, Williams and Fairhurst.

FIXTURE'S

The following are the drawings for the first round:

SENIORS

April 24 : Woodvilie v. Dannevirke, at Woodville; Old Boys a

bve. May 1: Old Boys v. Woodville, at Woodville; Dannevirke ,a bve. May 8: Dannevirke v. Old Boys; Woodville a bye. SNELL CUP.

April 24: Dannevirke v. Woodville, ■at v Dannevirke • Excelsior a bye. May 1 : Woodville v. Excelsior, at Woodville, at 1.30; Dannevirke a. bye. May 8: Dannevirke v. Excelsiors; Woodville a hye. THIRDS.

April 24: High School v. Excelsiors, at High School j. Woodville a bye. Hay 1: Excelsiors v. Woodville, at Dannevirke; High School a. bye. May 8: Woodville v. High School, at Woodville; Excelsiors .a bye.

REFEItEES FOR OPENING MATCHES.

The Referees' Association has appointed the following referees : At Woodville, senior match.—Mr Grinlinto-n.

At Da>nnevirke, "Woodville v. Dannevirke.—Mir Smith. High School v. Excelsior.—Mr J. Sctfcrd.

A footabll match, was played yesterday afternoon between Old Boys and High School teams, and -resulted in a win for Old Boys 'by' 15 points to 13. Tries were scored for the winners by Quigley, Burtenshaw and F. Price, Webber converting one. McDowell potted a fine goal from the field. For the 'losers Papps'scored two tries,' converting one, Wiseman con verting the other. Papps also kicked a penalty goal from a very difficult angHe. The Old Boys badly lack form, land ir tliev do not train their chances for the* coveted Rugby Shield are small. Of course, they did not have their best senior team out, but what seniors did play are a long way below form. High School boys are ,a willing, 'bustling lot, and if they continue to play as they started they will have to 'lie reckoned with in the third grade this season. Mr J. A. Smith was referee.

A speaker at the Manaia banquet last week had a sly tilt at Scotsmen in general, and the Aberdonian in particular. He related the follow-, ing anecdote of an .Englishman, Irishman, and a Scotsman, who were being enrolled as policemen. Each was asked if, in case of number of men on the street being uproarious while he was on duty, he would use his baton. The Irishman said he would, while the Englishman would whistle for assistance; but the Scotsman said, "Na, na ; I wadna' use it." "Well, what wad ye do?" "Aweel, if they were Aberdonians, a wad tak off ma, helmet and gang roond for a subscription. That wad ' scatter them quick." Hawera Star.

At a meeting of the committee of the Wlo'odlanids Hunt at Pahiatna on Tuesday evening, Mr Or. Hunter wrote consenting to act as patron, and 'he forwarded a donation of £5, for which he was thanked. A letter was read fr'oin Sir Joseph Ward, in reply to one sent by Mr S. V. Rodney, the master, •asking that a totalisa.tor permit be granted the Hunt for a

steeplechase meeting permit be granted the .Hunt for a steeplechase meeting in August.—Sir Joseph stated lie, had forwarded the letter to the [Minister for Internal Affairs. It. was decided to 'purchase two couple of dog hounds frram the Wa-irarap-a Hunt, Mr J. Sweeney to negotiate. .Messrs Rodney and Sweeney were appointed a sub-committee to confer' with the Dannevirke branch to arrange the nms for the season*, and to 'ask them to , investigate the possibilities ot hunting in the Ash-hurst and M«s.terton districts. ! Mr 01. Main was .'appointed secretary and Mir W. C. Vinvent assistant secretary.

The meeting in connection with Mr. Kirby's elocution class takes place this evening at the Foresters' Hall, Burns Street, at S o'clock. The Mayor will preside. Mr Masterman, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, recently started in'the House of Commons that the Road Board were prepared to meet the applications of local authorities and to contribute £875,000 towards ;a. new West End approach for London. Advices ; from Home igo to showthat the prices for butter iare 'likely to I'llle high right through the year, as there is a considerable shortage of stocks held, aaid Continental countries, instead of being big exporters, aire commencing to' ! buy large quantities of colonial butter, negotiations being already in progress for next year's output.

A very fine '.specimen of the Maori axe was. found 011- the Ringway Estate (Southland) last week. It is fashioned out of a particularly fine transparent greenstone of these parts. It is" an interesting relic, inasmuch that it possibly marks the route of some conquering band of natives from some other part of the island, perhaps those who drove the remnants of the supposed lost tribe up toward Manapouri and Te Anau.

A rather novel >case of animal suicide occurred near Kekerangu one day recently. Mr J.J. Boyd was exercising a. young horse on the beach when the animal .suddenly made ia bo'lt for the sea. There was a very heavy sea -prevailing at the time, and Mr Boyd, finding himself unalhle to restrain the animal-, threw 'himself clear. The horse, saddled and bridled, galloped into the surf, and 'was thrown down 011 -its back by a hig wave. Recovering itself, it went on its mad joii'rney, and, .swimming out to sea, was eventually drowned.— Kftikoura Star.

Therti . has been a regular run of sales during the last few months; but the largest of all is commencing to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock. The D.C.A. have decided to quit the whole of their new and well selected stock of furniture at ridiculous prices. Everything in the furniture department has been cut right down to the lowest notch. Such low prices -have never been seen in Dunnevirke before. Everything is marked in plain figures, so that customers can see exactly what the costs a r®. FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS. In America, England, and on the C-oxL'tinent nearly every professional photographer has given u.p the old method of development, a.nd has adopted the Kodak Tank System, simply because the ease of working is much greater and the expense less. It has been conclusively proved that much better results are obtained witlh a Kodak Development Tank than by the old method. Now, if the professionals have discovered this, then what, about the amateur, who hasn't the special knowledge and the long experience that the~specialist has? Get your dealer to show you how simple and effective this method is.