THE NEW YEAR GAMES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8090, 7 January 1903, Page 1

THE NEW YEAR GAMES.

To (hi' Kdilor. •Sii-. —1( is very seldom 1 trouble the I'aper* with letters tor atU-inpl.v at Ihottl), hut t!inote iv the short takings of the tll>'iloni;ill Soriety on New Year's iluy nil! bear a lit (U' clo.t comment- than yon have "iwu it, a* 1 have 110 doubt yon have only heard i>ne 1111 1 of thi' <)Ut i ,lion. For many years wo liavi' had our ordinary train run, bay, an Injur later than usual, in order to give people a. (bailee to see the panics through. This year tlieiv was no ordinary train run. Iml- on Mil days tin- (rain reachej Xeapara al-midnijjil. This al.so applies to Tol:a-rahi. Now. sir, on this account it, can ho easily proved that the Society lost far more than can hi' seen at lirsl. si);ht, through thin bliuiderin>; somewhere, many people with la rev families prefeiTii'n to slav at home rather than he out all ni|;hl witli their charges, hnt the f.innini; lor ilairyillj.') community wen' the ones who snll'ored most-. Tliey were compelled (o stay at heme. I, for one, ilid not. like I lie idea, of hunting up cow.s at 1 a.m. on a i'old misernlilo lnominn with wet. urass in some plaeea ui) to our knees,il>ut this is only on a par with tin; rest of the service here during Christmas week. We neither hail n train or our letters from Tuesday to Saturday, mid any person who had to travel was compelled lu liiru a vehicle or ride it hike. H is cenki.inly time that the member for t >nino.ru fulfilled his promise t,<> try and Ret a daily Nervico heiv. Trusting that some, abler pen than mine will (-alio up this matter, 1 remain

A NIWKRKR Ngapara, January 6, 1903.