LADIES' HOCKEY TOURNAMENT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 26, 31 July 1911, Page 8

LADIES' HOCKE Y TOURNAMENT.

PROSPECTS BRIGHT. The Management Committee of thft N.Z. L&dies' Hockey Association has decided that entries for the annual tournament, which comrmmces in Wellington On. 2nd September, will close with the score* tary on 9th August. Official entries have not yet been received, but private advices go lo show that the number of entries will be Very large. The holders of the senior cup (Hawkes Bay) may be relied on to ehter a clever combination of players, and Auckland, Wairarapa (who were the only team to inflict a defeat on the champions at the last tournament), Nelson, Taranaki, Wellingtoh, &,hd Buller will each enter one team for the senior cham* pionshrp. A pleasing feature of this year's touttia' ment, and ohe that shows how popular tho game is becoming amongst . the ladies, is the_ fact that four as* sociations which have not previ> ously taken part in any tournament have decided to attempt to wrest the cup from Hawkes Bay. Both Manawafctt and Marl' borough have some clever players from which to select their representative team, ahd should occupy a high position at the close of the week. Of the- other South Island associations, Canterbury players, who are supposed to be Very clever 6x» ponents of the game, are sending an A and B team, and Southland 'will be reprt*' sented by a team which will, if report speaks true, teat the ability of th© cup holders to the utmost. Wellington will enter a team to defend their trtle to thejuflior cup, but in the event of there being no other ehtries in this grade,_ the team be tfafisferred to the (senior competition. Thfe tournament will last about eight days, and some very fine expositions of the games should result. The secretary, Mr. W. Mellsop, would be glad 4 to hear of ( any referees who would be willing to officiate for the week days of the tournament,

Hearing of the case in which William H. Turnbull and Co., land and estate agent*, Wellington, proceeded against Alfred Coles, settler, Petone, to recover the sum of £25 ISs 6d for work, journeys, and attendances in connection with the sale of a property at Hataitai was concluded to-day. Decision was reserved, Mr. A. Blair appeared for y plaintiffs and Mr. J, J, M'Grath for de< fendant. So far there are six Parliamentary candidates who have offered themselves for election in the Western Maori electorate, so that the excitement promises to v be intense (writes the Auckland Herald's Huntly correspdndent). They are the sitting members (Mr. Henare Kaihau), Keri Tolw Te 'Abu (a cousin of the above), Hanui Tawhaio (brother^of Mahuta), Pepene Eketohe (who was defeated by some 500 Votes at the last election.) > Rangikatitea. (who is another defeated candidate), and Dr. Pomare Ta-rapepepe (son. of Tupu Taingakawa). So far Kai« hatr aftd Keri Toki are the favourites. Major-General Godley veturned from. Palmerston North this afternoon. "The statements that game is not as plentiful in the Auckland district as it used to be are refuted by the fact that the number of licenses taken out this season constitute a record," remarked Mr. W. H. Hazard, president of the' Auckland Acclimatisation Society, to a Herald reporter. Game has, said Mr. Hazard, been very plentiful, and excel' lent sport has been been ehjayed by 6p6rtsmeti. The game licenses taken ottfc to date in the district represents a re* turn of £800, easily a record, Mr. Melvin Vaniman ia to make an« other attempt to cross the Atlantic, this autumn, from America to Europe in a dirigible i balloon, which is now under construction in Ohio. The new expedi* tion (writes our London correspondent), is due to the fmahcial assistance of Mr. F. A. Sieberling, of Ohio, and the cost will be upwards of £30,000. Mr. Vftiii* man, is a. native of Illinois, but has been in most parts of the earth. He spent some yeaTs in New Zealand, and then, crossing to Australia, he combined photography with aeronautics. So far he has had three big failures, two at Spitzbergfcn and the attempt to cross the Atlantic in the airship America last year. ,At 10.30 a.m. to-day a.n old-age pensioner named Christopher White, aged 70 years, was knocked down by a tramcar in Adelaidft-road The car, dtiyeft by Motorman Miiir, was coming citywards, when White stepped from the footpath, and ia attempting t<» cross the road was knocked over, sustaining a soalp wound and slight concussion. He was attended to a^Gower's Pharmacy by Dr. Cameron, who sent him to the Hospital. The executive of the Auckland, Veterans' Home has received a letter from. Lord Ranfurly, formerly Governor of New Zealand. Referring to the Home, Lord Ranfurly says i "It has always been my conviction that those who fought to make up our grand Empire, should in their old age (if they ate in needful circumstances or if from illhealth they require special looking after) have some homes which are no charity,' but which they can go to and li\re in, and be comfortable and properly looked sffter." Lord Ranfurly adds that it was, with this object that he got the people of New Zealand to build the Veterans', Home, and says the result has entirely fulfilled his expectations. The Waahi branch of the Church of the Latter Day Saints was visited last week by its New Zealand president, Mr. Romney, ■ who was accompanied by Elder W. A. Dance^ the secretary of the mission. The principal object of the vieit (says the HeraJd s correspondent) was the organisation of a relief society among the female native adherents of the local branch of the sect, oti the lin«a of the original society started shortly after the organisation of that Church in America m 1830. The relief of the poor a.nd th© visiting and nursing the sick are the principal aims of the society. Tho Mormon elders who live among the natives not only preach the 'doctrines peculiar to their Church, but endeavour to inculcate a higher standard of living by teaching the converts various arts and crafts, the Maoris not being asked to contribute in any way for the support of the elders. The membership fluctuates considerably, but at the present time some 150 of the Waahi natives have identified themselves with the ChuTCh, that number including men, women, and children. At the present time there are ninetyfive pupils attending the commercial classes at thn Masterton Technical School. The average attendance at the school (hit--ihR the past term was 20? out of a roll number of 257. It is anticipated that the Westport H»rboiif Board will shortly have one ef the Government's boring plants in Westpol't for übo in the proposed boring for eoftl. The plant the bo&fld is endeavouring to get will bore to a depth of 2000 feet. Messrs. G.E. Warburton ahd Co. advertise in this issue an amended list of pro* parties for sale. Mr. W. L. Robertson will sell by auction to-morrow, the contents of a sixroomed lroiise.