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Otago Witness, Issue 3889, 25 September 1928, Page 5

To find a strange man in the pantry was the experience of a lady in Timaru the other day (relates the Herald). The uninvited visitor explained to the man of the house that he was looking for the house of a medical man. As he was obviously in need of medical, or other, attention, his explanation was accepted, and he was directed to the place for which he said he was searching. Nearly 200 professional athletes from Poverty Bay were among those who served in the war, stated Air W. Elliott at the annual meeting of the Poverty Bay centre of the New Zealand Athletic and Cycling Union, in recalling his longstanding association with the professional side of athletics (relates the Herald). Mr Elliott recalled that in 1910 the- centre, which had formerly thriven, dropped out of things, aad he took a part in resuscitating it; the new lease off life lasted up to the outbreak of the war, when practically every runner, cyclist, and field athlete who could pass the doctor joined up. He was glad, Air Elliott stated, to see the centre thriving again, and a new generation of athletes carrying on the traditions of the sport.