FOOTBALL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5668, 16 August 1905, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

WAIRABABA v. WELLINGTON'. To-day’s match on die Ai-hiei.ic Par!: 7onuSl U mlf uumL' te.ttedAEllii.amu is lo conumio to retain pocsevmuo Piiieid presell led by Luid KanlUliv, i.ue le.le dinoiiioi ol .suv; Eoumnd, to toe New Zealand Rugby Uiou. Tue rcguiaUoas guverning uus conical provide tiuitnay union wi-hing lo cmallcngc rue ladder© ol ihe ©alula must unfuc lae huiaeis on tneir own ground. Jl Wuirauipa succeed© to-dav in luwenug the CuUmid o! \\ eli.nglojj the Waxi ui apa I uio-n _ will , retain pOo-ses-ioa of the »U\eld until (U-- j ieiaeu in a -challeuge" malou on their | own ground. U Ueiiinglon win they | will still reiiuire lo del eat Aueklantl, : Taranaki, JiawkeN Lay. Mauawatu, and: iiuJler—each oi whioli unions h«© issued , a clmilenge--iu ordei to retain pussesision ot tli© sliieid unt*l next year. His U orsinp me olayor invite© Citizens to observe a littii-ooliday ior iho maich. A USTRALfA v. W E LLLN’GTON FKOVIMCE. The visiting AustraUaii team, whicii will arrive' at Wellington from Sydney by the Warrimoo to-day, is credited wjth| beaig iully of Uic Rugby i Stales of Austiulia (New South Wales; and A good game ana a. huge atlenuance are anumpaied. Excurs.uii luies wiil be uvaihible on tlie rarap.L and .damiwatu railway lines, and a tiain will leave the Uovcjnmc-nt : station at 5.39 p.m. on Saturday, lo j enable visitor© trom Waiuuapa to return ailur the match. The* Maii.uvatu tram will not do uedaye'd, as ©lutetl m presiou-© advoiti©ou!Onl&. PUEBS ASSOCIATION. CJlKiSrciii KCil. August 15. During tho recent visit to Christchurch of the Homeward-bound New Zealand football team the (Juntei bury Rugby Union incurred certain expense© in ihe wa.v of rofritihmenl, cub lines, luggage freight, etc. Accounts were toiwa.d.d in the usual course to the New Zealand Rugby Union at Wellington, but llio head body disallowed JM 6© of “sundries,’' ‘and deducted that amount from the Canterbury Union s ©hare of tiic maich proceeds. The matter came before the committee of the Uanlerbiiry Union 10-nighl, when some very uncomplimentary iemarks weie made about tlie New Zealand Union. The chairman said tho team was in Christchurch lour days, and no arrangement was made by tho New Zealand Union as to the amount to be expended on their entertainment. Members of the team were allowed to wander around Christchurch with nothing lo do. Some of tho local executive took the matter in hand, and tried to make the time pass pleasantly for the footballers. The whole cost of that hospitality was only =£l 6s. Several members who had incurred expenditure in entertaining tho team volunteered to pay the amounts themselves, rather than allow the Canterbury Union to be hold responsible. A i motion was carried unanimously objecting to the refusal of the New Zealand Union to pav the disputed amount, a-nd affirming that if the refusal was adhered ■to the committee would decline in future ito entertain any team visiting Christchurch under the auspices of the New Zealand Union.