HOCKEY.
——— Tho hockey season was officially opened by 1 all the men's clulis,on Saturday afternoon, j At Day's Bay tliero wore nearly a hundred j players,,and . amoiig the number were several . neiv converts, easer to.learn the simple rules ( of : hockey, whicn is steadily increasing in i popularity. Teams, from- tho Thorndon and St..-Patrick's College Old Boys' Clubs met in 1 friendly contest, and. had a very enjoyable 1 bout,'jibe'game ending .in a draw. Victoria ' College Club, with teams drawn from thirty ( - players, indulged in a good practice, as also 1 did ■TJnited, which ,'liad.'.a sufficient muster . to m|tko two full .teams. The Y.M.C.A. and . Karori 1 Clubs played games at Miramax. 1 The I .Wellington ;i Cltib also wont forth 'J to- practice, at. ]}liraniar, all ranka.: com- 1 billing, irrespective of grado. The muster was a healthy one, and on its owii ground • the (Club held a ivory useful and promising t practice.' Wellington hope to place a strong J team in tho field, l this year, and the juniors 1 wilj have new blood. I
'|lie feeling is jiiting into Englishmen- that tho policy ofnavnl construction pursued dur- £ infj the next decade will bo big with tho fate E of jthe Empiro itself,—"North American Re- i viqw." ( ' 1
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 171, 13 April 1908, Page 4
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