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NZ Truth, Issue 106, 29 June 1907, Page 6

They now call it the Amateur Football Trust. The postal authorities have teen advised of the departure of the Victoria from Sydney for Auckland on Wednesday, with 16C bags of English and Australian mails for Wellington. The mails may be expected to arriyc on Tuesday ev.ening ioy the Manawatu express. 'It takes nine tailors to ; -make a man, so it is every day stated,, but Duncan ,and Macintosh, of Mannersstreet, Wellington, are quite capable of outfitting men at a very reasonable cost. Their advertisement m this issue is worth perusing by those who want a decent suit "of clothes. T-liey supply self-measurement; foims free of cost. Alec Reid, of Makirikiri, Wanganui, who is recognised as one of the best riders of buckjumpers m New Zealand, left for Sydney by the Monowai yesterday, under engagement to ritle tit Martini's circus, which shortly opens again at Sydney. Reid should be able to show some of the Cornstalks how to ride for he lias never been beaten m an open competition m this colony.. A match between him and Waite of Martini's*'' show should be a trump card for the proprietors. It is just a shade of odds on him to ride the^ famous i "Hobs" at the first time oi /Usk-