The Qu stion Bag.

NZ Truth, Issue 146, 4 April 1908, Page 3

The Qu stion Bag.

U C.R." (Lev in ). -^-Mouthing hum-bugs, pt that ;■■> o 'get no hearing m these columns;' ' "Sport" and "C.R.V." (Wanganui). for y"our gratuitous advice. We iuivc known of others who had.' the colossal effrontery to counsel the management of a newspaper concern how to i i its business, A couple ',of this kidney are asso- . : ■' oiatedr with the Otago Rugby Union. "M.P." (Marton).— Only two foreign teams ovtsidp of New Sou I-'.-. vVu'.es .' and .Queensland have visited the . PominioriiHhat led by Sedrion m IBBB', ami tlb years later under the . captaincj-i of B&dell-Sivwripl>t. ,*Dp'ihff;'!"..(Greytown).— The rule is • perfrrilV' plain. "If a player with the foue'nes the referee m his opponents' m 'o;il, a try shall be. allav.ed at the spot where he -so touched him." In the other case the ■• Pr'nfurly Shield regulations' provide ihat ,no qhallenge ppn'test for; 1 possession of the .Shield shall .be 2/ } pj?<Ved a^?r thj^ "last Saturday m """ Septcnib'er. '-" .' .'[ : . r "Obsolete" (Wellington/).— (i) Some years aw' a committee consisting of \C-etoi%a Pachp. J.., P., Firth, C. W. Marter, :W. Q. Grarrard and others frup>4 r-irtain rules which m „->■ their opinion would 'lead to the bet- \ "tern '<>- .^'.of t?viirby. but when sub- • jnittwl-to: : the F»p n"** Rugby Unibn for app royal • vtexe treated' with derision arid con tein-ptuously set a- \ siripv Spm^of the suggestions were -. &n" 'corrinion-scnse lines, but -others r were; most -idiotic, and it ' ■; was-", scarce!^ 'surprising to find even . ,such v a Iparcel of old fossil as the ' ; •'f)n«ii«h .Ruebv 'Union .Committee were- giyin™ 1 them the cold shoulder. (2*l Ouite trye ; the "Gun" did m y , .all .seriqii.snes^ propose that punted goals shouM: -score. . ««T?.S", (Duiif^int— We agree w-ith yoii.^hßt thes«/R.U. has shown itseW absblutelv incapable of giving anylv'vine like an intelligent . reply to' tHe requests of 'either the N.7.F..U. or. •afllliatefl for an interprpia*'V|' of its own laws of th-K game. Take the case of the renlp.^Tnpnt. of an injured player tor instance: . ■ ' W^." . (Linwood) and "Reply" . • r^oolston) :^-The . T»ngby Un-ion is out-and-out, antagonistic to anvthine smeilififf of prpfession?,lisrn t and its relentless hostility m this resnect is responsible for no , players unrW its jurisdiction coming to New Zealand with 'the English +f»am. ' ' "fii-fflh" rPetone).— The player you mention died under distressing cir- ■' ■ cumstances some' few years ago.