MATCH AGAINST AUCKLAND.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 29, 4 February 1908, Page 2

MATCH AGAINST AUCKLAND.

The following players have been selected to represent Wellington against Auckland in tho match for tho Flunkct Shield: — Beoehy, Bruce, C'obcroft, Connolly, Hales, llirk=on (2), Mahoncy, Monaghan, l'ucker, Upnara, and Williams. Any of the above players who will be unable to play in .the match aro requested to communical c with the selectors at once.

Auckland is not likely to suffer from shortage of water, for, notwithstanding a daily consumption of 4,200,000 gallons, the supply could o.isily be increased by 1,000,000 gallons, if required, and the new reservoir at Waitakerei will provide storage for 230 million gallons in addition, to the running of tho creeks. January was, however, an extremely dry month in Auckland, «uid in the opinion of Mr T F. Cheeseman, meteorologist, 'establishes a record in drvness. The total rainfall for the lnontli was under half an nub; mm falling on three days only— \ iz., 26th, 27th, and 31st Jnnn.Vy, llu- bulk of the fall being on the last day The average fall for January in llic past 48 yea is w.is 2 68 inches, whilo in Januan,, IPO7. the l.ill was 1% inches, which was phenomenal. The i].-»xt driest Januaiy in Auckland \v«s in 1074, when