BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 117, 18 April 1931, Page 15

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION.

ANNUAL AIEETING. The Alanawatu Basketball Association held its annual meeting last evening, Aliss Vautier presiding. Apologies for absence were received from Alisses Wischnewsky, Martin aud Brown. After presenting the i-eport, Aliss Vautier explained that, through the generosity of Air A. J. Graham, there would' be two cups for competition this season, the Graham Cup for Wednesday players and the Robert Cup for Saturday players. The balancesheet showed a credit of £6 16s 3d, which was a slight loss on the year’s working. Aliss Vautier considered that the association was fortunate in having a credit as the last season was a bad one. The report and balance-sheet were adopted. The election of officers resulted as follows; —President, Aliss Vautier (reelected); vice-presidents, Aliss AI. Knight, Aliss L. A. Brown; lion, secretary, Aliss AI. Richards; treasurer, Aliss D. Knight (re-elected); hon. auditor, Air N. Nielsen. In accordance with notice of motion, Aliss AI. Knight moved “that the constitution be amended so that only referees, officers and registered players be allowed to vote at annual meetings,” the motion being carried. A motion by Aliss Smyth (Technical) “that players registered for Wednesday be not permitted to play on Saturdays and vice versa,” occasioned considerable discussion.

Aliss Vautier explained that at present there was nothing to prevent the same team playing on Wednesday and Saturday and this would defeat the object of the second cup. The point raised a big question, but she realised that it might entail hardship and the association did not want to cramp any team. Finally an amendment “that no team should play more than four of the same players in both Wednesday and Saturday competitions,” was carried.

It was resolved that entries for the competitions should close on Alay 1. The question of uniforms was discussed and it was pointed out that teams must register their uniforms for the approval of the Association. Aliss Vautier considered that there was no justification for reducing the annual subscription and pointed out that, although there would be no New Zealand tournament this year, there would be one in the South Island next year and she thought the association should accumulate some funds. There was a notice of motion to revert to annual tournaments, but this year it was hoped to arrange games with sister associations, Wellington having offered to send a second or third grade team.

Considering the question of grounds Aliss Vautier said that by centralising the games the difficulty about referees might bo solved. This would only bo possible on the Technical School grounds and it was left to the executive to interview the authorities when the entries had been received.

The question of insuring players was also left to the executive. It was suggested that every team should nominate a referee.

Thanks to Mr A. J. Graham for his interest in baske.tball in donating a second cup were carried by acclamation.

Votes of thanks were also passed to Air Neilsen for auditing the accounts, to the president for her services to the association, to Aliss D. Knight who lrad carried out the duties of secretary and treasurer, to the Convent authorities for the use of a room and to the Press.

PINS. Have you ever stopped to consider how many uses to which you put a pin during a day and of how you would manage without this little piece of metalP' (asks an Australian paper). It was invented thousands of years ago by cave women who found it very useful to assist with the manipulation of their fur dresses. These early pins, of course, were made of bone. After a while it was found that these articles were more useful when they had a head, which prevented them from slipping through. This head was a ring slipped through an eye of the pin, and it is probable that this discovery led to the later birth of the needle. Excavators in Egypt have found large pins with heads of amber and gold; these, of course, were still large and cumbersome, but they served their purpose at the time. Till the sixteenth century in England poor women used pins of wood, modelled after the fashion of our skewer. Only the very rich could afford the silver pins, which were much more easily handled than wood or bone. Aletal pins were manufactured in the latter part of the sixteenth century, but still only the rich could afford them for the manufacture of a sjngle pin called for the work of many different hands and it was not till the introduction of the factory system that the price of a pin was lowered to suit all purses. An idea of the price of metal pins, when they were first being manufactured, can be gained from the fact that during the reign of Henry VIII. pins cost 6s 8d a thousand.