SOCCER FOOTBALL

Northern Advocate, 31 January 1927, Page 7

SOCCER FOOTBALL

E NGLTSH COMPETITION,

LONDON, January 20. The Association Cup tie fourth round resulted:—

Southampton defeated Birmingham 4—l, Liverpool defeated Southport 3 —L Leeds tied with Bolton (no score), 'West Ham tied with Brentford 1 all, Wednesday tied with South Shields 1 all. Mil!wall defeated Derby 2—o. Port vale tied with Arsenal 2 all, Beading defeated Portsmouth 2—l. Burnley defeated Pulliam -I— f), Newcastle defeated Corinthians 2—l, Swanson defeated Barnsley 2—l, Hull tied with K vert on 1 all, Chelsea defeated Accrington 7 —2, Cardiff defeated Darlington 2 —o, Wolverhampton defeated Notts Forest 2—o, Middlesborough defeated Preston 2—o.

A dining-saloon to scat JO people lit a lime, rooms for dances and games, promenade ami smoke-room are among (he wonders of the TtlOl, a British airship which is being built for use on the India air route.

A recent number of the “Eailway Magazine” states that the railway ■workshops are working on the Eoyal train. Four engines are expected to share the honour of hauling Eoyalty in the North Island. These are Ab 833, A 600 (which previously conveyed the Prince of Wales), Ww 131 and Ww 575. The .Royal train will consist of the Eoyal car, Vice-Eegal car, an 18berth De Luxe sleeper, one kitchen car, one Eoyal dining car and storeroom, one ordinary dining-car, two 20berth sleepers, one 18-berth -sleeper, and a guard’s van.

An anecdote illustrating the fact that the Maori has learnt dishonesty from Hie white man, was to/d by Archdeacon Williams during an address at the Gisborne Ifotary Club. He said that many years ago in the Wairaiapa there was a storekeeper who used to do a big trade with the Maoris. They found that he always treated them exceedingly well, and in selling them sugar and flour he used to let them weigh the bags themselves. Ir those days they used to weigh with a steel-yard, and in, order to strap the sacks on to this, something was necessary. He used to leave a heavy bullock chain close by, and the innocent Maoris used to chain their bags of flour and sugar on with this. F.ventualy, of course, they found out that they were being “bad,” and 'looked to do the same Idling back io Ike btocelieepw.