ASSOCIATION RULES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1906, 21 August 1890, Page 29

ASSOCIATION RULES.

The association football match between Wellington and Canterbury took place on Hagley Park on Saturday. Wellington won the toss and Canterbury kicked off against the wind. Hall and Turobull took the ball up tbe side, but were oleverly stopped by Ferris. Wellington, assisted by the wind, forced the game, and three corners fell in quick succession, but no score was made from any of them. The ball was again taken up the right wing by Hall and Turnbull— the former passing to Coglan enabled him to score the first point for Canterbury by neatly putting it between the posts From the kick-off Wellington again forced the game ; but although some very warm shots were put in, Moss, the Canterbury goalkeeper, was equal to every emergency. In the second spell the game was more in Canterbury's hands. Coglan seemed tbe ball from a neat pass by Rutherford, and gained the second goal for his side. In the remainder of the spell, although the Canterbury men obtained several corners, they failed to score from them ; bat the Wellington players were also unable to score, and when time was called the score stood : Canterbury, two goals; Wellington, nil. The Roslyn met the Southern on the Caledonian ground on Saturday, and defeated them by 3 goals to 1. Anderson set the ball moving, and the Roslyn following up well, kept the ball near the Southern's goal for some time. The Southerns headed by Carver, Laing, and Blakely at length broke through and carried the ball down the field, where Carver scored a goal for his side. For the test of bhis spell the ball swayed back wards and forwards along the field, and although both sides had opportunities of scoring, they failed to take advantage of them. In the second spell the Roslyn had the best of the game, the Southern, with the exception of a few rushes, being kept down in their own quarters nearly all the spell. Anderson, Armstrong, and G. M'Millan, placed the three goals for the Roslyn. Laing played a splendid game in goal and stopped some fine shots which would have added to the score of the Roslyn. A team from the Northern Association Club paid the Burneide Club a visit for the first time this season. The visitors commenced playing uphill from the south end, and after some good play the country club had to succumb to a quick shot from Pollock whioh eluded their goal man. The Northern then had a warm time of ifc, and a goal was headed from a good corner kick by the Home captain, the score in the first spell being a goal each. In the second spell the attacks of the Burnaide team on goal were more frequent than in the first spell, and by a combined rush they managed to register their second goal. Just about five minutes before time Muuro's side obtained the goal they required to save a defeat, and the match resulted in a draw. An immense shark entered the Fiume Harbour aud stationed himself in tbe neighbourhood of the public bathing grounds. Bathingmaster Mayonni was chased by the brute when swimming a few yards outside of the breakwater, and barely escaped with his life, the shark bitiug off both his legs. He was almost dead with loss of blood when rescued. All endeavours to catch the monster have so far < failed. Perhaps the strangest fact incidental to trading is the eagerness with which people throng to » well Advertised cheap sale. The public know full well that they are being humbugged by the majority of inducements held forth, bat in their love of a bargain and anxietj to make one they will pat np with & great deal. Apropos of this, however, there are articles of everyday use with regard to which people should understand that price regulates quality, and these are Boots and Shoes. In exemplification of this fact, a pair of cheap Boots were recently compared with a pair of Boots at the standard price. As far as appearance went there was not much to choose between the two articles, but on being taken to pieces the result was a simple revelation. The oheap Boots were found to, have soles made of tbe very cheapest class of leather— *.«., the fag ends and flexible portions of the hide, quite as soft and with little more firmness in the substance than would be found in stout blotting paper. One of the greatest faults in this leather is that it will not stand mending. The uppers of these Boots on examination proved to be made of what is called split (father— 1.«., the hide split into two or three sheets by a wonderful machine made for the pnrpose. Boot Uppers oonstruotod of this material are about as serviceable in resisting moisture as a good sieve, and no dcrabt many a dangerous illness has resulted from their use. On the better quality article being handled preparatory to being taken to pieces, it was found to bear on the heel the brand— -K^ x and it is needless to say more •^ regarding the investigation v v than that the material emH ftf ployed in tbe "Standard" « brand Boots proved to be of °* & the rwjbert obtainable.!