At New Plymouth.

NZ Truth, Issue 172, 3 October 1908, Page 3

At New Plymouth.

The "Taraaaki- Herald' I has apparently instructed its football writer ..Jo adrriin- | istei stbush'to the Northern Union game, j judging from its report' on the Taranaki Auckland match. The writer of the report has no knowledge of the game, as his unfair criticisms show, and for a re- j putable journal .which took £3 3s from the promoters. ;of the match, .to 'publish such an unfair arid; biassed iieport is certeinly neither reasonable not sports^ inaniike. ;"Pakeba" -last week refetied , to the deliberately incorrect, informatioißi . ■ given to the New Plymouth football public m the columns of the ','EleTaid»' m connection with the /diSqualjfication.oF , Rugby ■ players and its ' effect on their chances in' other /sports; and doubtless the • Taranaki 1 public how. regard' the football - articles of that paper an untrustworthy and unreliable'; Of course, a certain amount of latitude must be given the writer of ■ tlie ■ article) as. he had never seen a Northern "Union game before, and, .consequently, could not be expected to understand its niceties. Fot this • reason alone, however, the would-be crit-. uc should have refrained from' aircempting to criticise a game>of \yhich he was entirely ignorant j and his- peimingj" of biased views not only &hows»' his lament-' : able ignorance of the g&me'i but also reflecis great discredit on ,th.c "Taranaki Herald" proprietary. ■■>'■' Nortliern: Union : supporters m Taranaki need not fear press opposition.:; the • has. /come "" to stay; and 4 the sooner ibei: dotty press *e-r alise this the better. If . ttewspapets wifi adopt a hostile attitfide (it only fosters the game, as there is; TnOliiiiig' like op-' position to send -anything along) then ■.when the distribution of advertisements is being made they should not be sur*; prised if^ their jountote afe completelyJg■nored^ ■ . ..- : .'.' . .' -„ ' '. ' „, '