RUGBY FOOTBALL

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 82, 8 April 1910, Page 8

RUGBY FOOTBALL

m •Rugby enthusiasts should have plenty Jo interest them in the seven-a-side tournament to be held to-morrow at the 'Athletic Park. Practically every active player well known to followers of the game will be seen out during the twentytwo games that are to be played during jthe afternoon. Among the sixteen teams .that will contend for the top position in the senior grade are teams from the two colleges, and as these meet during the first round, a game almost approaching the annual match for good football should be the result. The fifth-class games start at 1.45, playing to the semi-final, allowing the senior games to start at 2.30. which will be played through to the semi-final, leaving the two finals to be played, commencing at 4.30. The proceeds are in aid of the •Players' Accident Fund.

Consideration of the proposal to merge the Hutt River Board into the Lower Hutt Borough Council will come on at next meeting of the former body. At last evening's meeting of the board a notice of motion dealing with the question w« given by Mr. T. A. Peterkin on behalf of tho original mover, Mr. F. J. Pinny. The latter gentleman is at present confined to his bed on account of injuries received in a recent trap •ccident. With the winter coming on the comfort of the denizens of Wellington's Zoo is being considered by the Reserves Committee. In order that the monkeys and cockatoos may be able to enjoy the supshine and fresh air in more comfort the council last evening authorised! the City Engineer to proceed with the concreting of the yards of the monkey and cockatoo houses. According to Councillor Luke, chairman of the Reserves Committee, this measure will do much to promote jthe health of these members of the Zoo. "I can't say too much of the scout movement," observed Mr. Coloneus, general secretary of the Boys* Institute, last evening. "It teaches boys good citizenship in every sense of the word, and," he added, "it also teaches boys, what it is most necessary for boys in New Zealand to learn, to have respect for their elders.*' The Boys' Institute had already fine patrols of scouts. Col. CampHi took the oppoitunity of observing that some people thought it was an improper thing to teach boys knowledge of military matters ; but it was a good thing for the Boys' Institute to take an interest in the subject, holding as he did, that to be prepared for war was the best way to avoid it. The scout movement among boys gave them a training in discipline that they would not get otherwise. A further installation of firo alarms under the new system has been made by the Fire Brigade Department of the City Council. Satisfactory trials have taken place in connection with alarms at Nairo-sUreet, Maararaa-crescent, at the Ohiro-road corner ; Aro-street, near Hol-loway-road. There are numbers more to be fixed and tried yet.