SPORTING

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 83, 13 August 1923, Page 7

SPORTING

FIXTUREB. August 4—Poverty Bay Hunt Club. August 14, IG, 13—Canterbury J.C. August 22. Egmcnt-Wanganu' Hunt Club. August •-'..>—Pakuranga Hunt Club. September I—North Tarauaki Hunt

Club. September s —Morton J.C. September 6—Rangitikei Hunt Clul. September B—Otago Hunt Club. September 13. 16—Wanganui J.C. September 21, 22—Ash burton County It.C. September 22. 24—Avondale J.C. September 22, 24 Otaki-Maori R.O. September 27, 2-B—Geraldine R.O. September 29—Manawatu Hunt Club September 20—Napier Park R.C. October 3—Hawke's Bay J.C. October 'l—Kurow J.C. October 5, 6—Oama.ru J.C. October 11, 13—Whangarei R.C. October 11, 13—Dunedin J.C. October 12,' 13—Masterton R.C. October 20, 22—Wellington R.C. October 20, 24—Auckland T.C. October 20, 22—Goro R.C.

| TROTTING. j METROPOLITAN MEETING. Pot Press Association. j Christichnreb, August 11. The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club's August mooting i opened to-day in fine but dull weather. The track conditions were ideal. The attendance was good, but the totalisator returns showed i a decrease, being £44,708, comi pared with £47,751 on the oorres-

I ponding day last year. Results: | Introductory Handicap. Worthy = Bmgen 1, Lady Irving 2, Tlio Toff !| 3. Time,. 3.50 1-5. ! Electric Handicap.—Promenade 1, Tobermory 2, Phil Smith 3. Time, 2.14. August Handicap.—Stockade 1, Onyx 2, Dixie Mac 3. Time, 4.33. Trial Handicap.—Cold ' Wate r 1, Taurokareka 2, Eric Rotliscluld 3. Time. 3.45. Stewards' Handicap—Young Blake 1' Whisht 2, Pete Peter 4. Time, 3.25 2-5. Queen Mary Handicap. Byes 1, Friendship 2, Reliance 3. / Time, 3.49 1-5. Selwyn Handicap.—Great Bingen 1, Don Wild 2, Royal Oak 3., Time, 4.34 4^5. International Handicap.—William the First 1. Logan Chief 2, Happy Voyage 3. Time, 2.15.

ECMONT-WANCAMUI HUNT WEIGHTS. Hack and Hunters' Hurdles.— Eorie i 10.7, Lcohnon, Paul Moore 10.3, Festive 9.9, Country Life, Polthogue 9.7, Hindi 9.4, Tarquin 9.2, Lord Formhy, Naughty, Kaforhe, Captain Sarto, Kiko Kiko, Scotch Nell 9.0. Maid?". Handicap.—lnahman, Venour, jCraigowan, Asleep, Poari Hohiho. Rum Niglit 9.7, Reremoann 9.5, Master Lucerne, Lulu Sylva, Opa, Advent, Camp Bird 9,2, Lady M 1fcona, Taitaiata, Avola, Eurella, Surge, T'n Fi ! s, Gravitate 9.0. Hunteris' Hurdles.—Paraoa 12.7, Paul Moore 19.12, Uncle Boh, Royal Park 10.9, Halcyon 10.7, Adrienne 10.5, Camp Gun 9.12, Royal Tar 9.10, Bonny Rill, Gravitate, ftecond Choice, Kiko Kiko, Undo Dave, Waiotama, Poari Hohiho, Geld Peak, Scotch Nell, St. Myrth, Bomhadier, Ranchineel. First Beat 9.7 Wavorley Hack Handicap.—Night 9.12, Country Life 9.11, Valencia. 9.10, Frizzier 9.6, Mountain Bell 9.0. Hunt Cup.—Paraoa 12.0, Te Toa 11. G, Onipoto 10.5, Kafour 10.3. Adriewno 10.0, Halcyon 9.11, Spread Eagle, Pattern, Waiotama, Waiteaka Tarero, Un Fils 9.0.

Flying .Handicap.—Muraahi 10.12, Amber Tips 10.3, Ecuador 10.2, Cold Stool 9.13, Complex, Halgina 9.9, I Snatcher 9.7. Lord Astolat, Nemaline, Night, Rercmoana 9.0. Ladies' Bracelet.—Undo Bob 11.7, Tarquin 11.4, Dignity, 11.2, Royal Tar, Gamp Gun 10.1, Advent 10.9, Wild Haj-p, Vanehineel, Bonny Rill, Dramatist, Craigowan, Gravitate, Second Choice, First Beat, Surge, St. Myrth, Poari Hohiho, Kaipikari 10.7. Moumnhaki Hack Handicap.—Sunny Vale 10.0, Country Life 9.11, Miss Mickey, Otapawa, Carnbce 9.9, Hindi 9.6. Mangawhero 9.2. Te Kawa,'Mountain Bell, Take Take 9.0. RACING IN AUSTRALIA. Melbourne, August 11. Tbo Australian Steeplechase resulted: Les Paddington (Ferguson) 1,1.-1 1, Acar (Thompson) 10.4 2, Haoma (Sing) 12.6 3. Fourteen starters. Won ea c ily. Time, 7.4-11.

DEPPvEDATIONS OF GOATS. RAVAGES IN EOMONT PARK. "It's going to be a goats' reserve if something i> ; not done soon," said Mr. T. C. List when referring to the depredations of opossums ami goats in the Egmont National Park at the meeting of the board un Friday. If nothing was done to cope with the plague he said huge tracks of bush would be lost and the beauty of the native forest would be ruined. A letter was also read at tho same meeting from an opossum trapper, who asked for a rifle and ammunition to be provided in order to shoot the goats which damaged his traps. He frequently saw groups of twenty goats or more, and practically all the trees were ringbarked by these animals. The chairman, Mr. Lowe (Commissioner of Crown Lands), said they could not issue a riile and ammunition for the destruction of these creatures, but they could refrain from prosecuting any persons who secured permission to hunt them.

THE PRICE OF NEWSPAPERS. WHY CHARGE TWOPENCE? LONDON DAILY TELEGRAPH. ANNOUNCES INCREASED PRICE. The question is sometimes asked why daily newspapers are double the pre-war cost? An answer is given in the London Daily Telegraph, which, after re-] ducing its price from 2d to ljd, has recently announced an increase to twopence once more. Incidentally, it may be mentioned that a newspaper, delivered six times a week at the purchaser's house for ninepence, is one of the cheapest things in the world. The great English and Scottish provincial newspapers, like the Manchester < Guardian, have not reduced the price of their papers—they are still twopence. In Auckland, the regular reader is sup-' plied, at 25 per cent, less cost, with a bigger paper than he would get in England. j THE DAILY TELEGRAPH. I

CHANGE OF PRICE. TWOPENCE FROM JUNE 4. (From the London Daily Telegraph, May 25.) On and after June 4 the price of the Daily Telegraph will be 2d. The proprietors of the Daily Telegraph,make this announcement with regret. They had hoped that the next change in the price of their paper, which was the pioneer of the Penny Press, would be back to the popular price. But, after a year's experiment at ljd, they are reluctantly compelled to revert to 2d. They announced on March 29, 1922, that, encouraged by the fall in certain costs—but by no means in all—and hoping for its continuance, they had determined, "in advance of strict economic conditions," to reduce the price to Hd. These expectations have not been realised. In justification of this decision they would remind their readers that all the London daily newspapers are now sold at double their pre-war price, aid that even this difference is not equal to the rise in publishing costs. Newsprint—the paper used in tho printing of a journal—which is the chief item in these costs, is now more than double its price in 1914. Wages, the next most important consideration, stand at more than three times their pre-war figure. The Publisher is paying for carriage and distribution more than double what lie paid in 1914, Of the miscellaneous items which come into the cost of newspaper production, hardly any stand at less than twice what they were eight years ago.

The proprietors, therefore, have no alternative to raising the selling price to 2d, if they wish to continue to maintain the character of the Daily Telegraph as a complete and authoritative daily lecord of the political, social and commercial events, not only of this country, but of the whole world.