IN TOWN AND OUT

Southland Times, Issue 21821, 26 September 1932, Page 6

IN TOWN AND OUT

NEWS OF THE DAY Striking Sunset. Invercargill is famed for its sunsets, but rarely does one possess the fiery glory which obtained last evening when the huge disc sank below the western horizon. It was comparable in splendour to the sunsets of the Egyptian desert. * * Dominion Day. Twenty-five years ago to-day New Zealand was proclaimed a Dominion, the occasion being marked by celebrations throughout the country. Since then Dominion Day has not been observed as a general holiday, though the banks, the legal offices and some mercantile and insurance firms have honoured the anniversary by closing. » * * * The Tourist Season. The Government Tourist Department reports that the Milford track will be opened on December 1, and far more information has been sought regarding this trip than at the corresponding time last year. The steamer Matai, which is at present at Bluff, is loading stores and equipment for the holiday season at the Milford Sound hostel, and is expected to leave for the West Coast about the end of next week.

A Crowded Station. The station platform last evening was thronged with people, the attraction no doubt being the popular University footballers who returned to Dunedin by the express. _ The students showed their appreciation of the compliment paid them by giving a vigorous haka just before the train departed. Cheers were also exchanged between the teams, the Galbraith Shield winners being in full force to bid their opponents farewell. * *

Wireless for Gore Hospital. At a meeting held on Friday evening for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the Gore Orphans’ Club, itwas decided to donate the sum of £l5 towards the Gore Hospital wireless fund. As the result of this donation it is understood that a sufficient sum is now in hand to purchase and install the sets and that during the present week three sets will be installed at the hospital, one in the women’s ward, one in the men’s ward and the third in the nurses’ home.

Rugby Souvenir. An interesting souvenir Rugby programme was handed to a Southland Times reporter on Saturday by Mr W. S. Todd. It was published on the occasion of the match at Dunedin on August 10, 1904, between an Otago and Southland team and the British touring team captained by Bedell-Sivright. The Otago-Southland team consisted of the following: Full-back, H. Murphy; three-quarters, R. Baxter, R. Bennet, C. Gilroy; five-eighths, W. Stead (captain) W. J. Munro; half-back, C. Hislop; forwards, D. Robinson, E. Hughes, R. Abbott, G. Burley, R. Adamson, A. McDonald, D. Stuart and H. Porteous. The average weight of the team was 12st 21b, which was exactly the same as the British team’s average. As was but fitting Burley was the heaviest player on the field, his weight being 15st 41b. The programme contains photographs of many earlier New Zealand, Australian and British sides. Moustaches were evidently very popular in those days.