FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 130523, 27 January 1906, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

"Major" writes to the British Sportsman ias- follows on the disallowed New Zealand ijy.'m the Welsh football anatchV,: „.'1 was within six yards of the . spot. . jwihere the New Zealanders scored, the disallowed try. It was the unanimous verdict of e< goodly number: of Welsh supporters next to me; and also my •wn, tkat no fairer try Jias been scored on the football field. The one (question upperfcnost in any mind is : Should not the separate Rugby Unions in the future insist on independjenlt linesmen ? I readily,, concede, that, on' the day's form the better team c won, but the legitimate res^lV 'should unquestionably hav-e been, a;. draw." , „. . .. i A Jetter signed. s by-a ''New Zealaader,,", app.ears ? in the South Wales Mail, after the 'New Zealand football match, and the says :— "Every New £ealander will gladly and heartily congratulate. Wales on her splendid victory, ' but New Zealanders know that our men played at least 20 points below form. This fuSmblinw and indecision was s^pt due alone to staleness, but to the very unfair attitude ol th« crowd. Our mo* were as 1 it paralysed^ Why cheer Wales and hoot New Zealand ? A party of Welshmen behind us kept on' shouting to the referee to ■ watch' Gallaher's 'unfair' methods, and' to penalise 'him I—-then1 — -then suddenly they asked vs 1 , 'Which is , Grallaher ?' "

The; Timaru Cag' Company will discontinue meter charges. .

Rivertom fishermen -have l»ecn uiak: nig good hauls oi cod.'

The Button Memorial Fund has reached aver £125 in ■ Christchuroh a-

In pursuance oi permission obtained from thie :Wellioi'gbcm Education Board, * Mr W. Hobb^, dan'tast, made an examination of the teeth of a number | of children at the' Taita School. Cut of twenty-one girls whor.e teetli vveve * examined' all recjuired attention. Ihe girl with apparently the boso teeth was a, child erf six jonrs, who "nly required one extraction. Two ethers had two teeth- each calling for atton- . tion. The recommendations regarding the tWenty-orie girls may 1 p puibmarised' as follows :— Extractions 1-^1 -^ Temporary .teptiK 63, permaneni/ 19. Fillings— Temponary 'teeth 12, permanent 35 ; total 129. Average, 6 3-7 teeth per girl: The teeth of twenty-on? boys wei'e examined. A boy of .ten roqiuired only one tooth filled, and there were §ix t who each' reo/uired two teeth, to W attended, " to. The recommendations ttJay be summarised as follpws :— Extractions 11 — Temporary teeth 34,, permanent „'ls.: Fillings—Temporary 11, permanent' X3. Toted, 74. Average, 3i- teeth' "per <boy. The Board expressed its desire to facilitate the examination of,; the teeth of all children, in its district: — Times. It took just ■, a month to get the ready-to-wear ;suits going at " The Kash" ' and every month the sale has increased wonderfully. A practical man tries the suit on you, and suggests any alteration needed, which we do free of charge. Prices from 19s 6d to 49s 6d at "The Kash."— Advt. Importers residing ' in the country, who want their .consignments cleared through the Customs and forwarded inland with promptitude- cannot He bettor than employ the New 'Zealand T*x press Company, Ltd., who under- . «ake all classes of Customs work and i Vvrwardinff. — Advt. ■ Burn Genuine Puponga.— ldeal Coul !■ for Summer use. Small fire burns 5 freely, will not go ©ut; no soot, saves ' I cleaning "Ranges, "do not mix with lother coa!s.'=-Advt. " »2».

The Edinburgh! tramcarsi are to be lit up with acetylene gas.

Messrs Smart Bros, and T. W. Welch are making special' electrical lighting displays this evening. A lad named Kinsett fell off ' a load of hay at Konini and broke both his arms.

Some off the Auckland cinnabar pro|perties are being enquired 1 after hy Americans. Fahey, th-e jockey injured at the Foxton races, has regained consciousness and is progressing satisfactorily. During the year' 1905 some 1116 foreigners resident in Australia 1 were naturalised.

Both Christchurch papers strongly condemn the proposed WestlandOtago railway as, a present-day project. Baulty arithnietic. A cot'temporary remarks :— The King of Sweden was 7 years of age on Sunday last, having been born on January 21, 1829. The Government are inspecting" the Riaukatatahi block, near Norsewood, with a. view to purchase for closer settlement.

Tenders were invited by the Gore Borough Council recently for £2300 worth of - debentures, and no less than £15,000 was thrust forward by eager would-be investors-.

In/ a Parisian cafe recently a thief declared that ho felt an attack of rabies coming 1 qn, and when all the occupants had fled he decamped with £10 from the till.

Daniel Lamdy, cook on the steamer Brisbane, who was , stricken with paralysis on Friday morning last on the passage from , Newcastle to Lyttelrton, died qn Wednesday afternoon at the casualty ward, Lyttelton.

We understand that Mr Whitaler's grocery store will fos connected with the electric light this evening. This should give the townspeople an exportuaiity of seeing the efficacy of the light ibr shops and window iilumin-

ataon. 3 The whereabouts of Henry Creasey, aged 65 years, , is causing speculation in. Lytteltpn. The man, who was employed as a fireman on the; Harbour Board tug-, has been missing since Tuesday "night. He was last seen* «ut 10-30 ?i u London Street. It is feared that he xa some way* -got into the harbour and bean • drowned.

The Hot Lakefe Chronicle states that it has been informed, that the construction of the waterworks at Rotorua is to be oarried out by the Public' Works Dep^tmenat, 'and not by private contract. . These works will involve psa ' expenditure 1 of between £20,000' and £30,000) and* will afford employment to a large number of men! ' , 'As soon 4as the pipes • arrive in the colony, it is proposed to make a start wjith the work.

'At the ballot of two appropriations of £150 each in the second group of the Equitable Building Society! on Friday night, a motion that the first marble drawn ' be declared the winning number was lost in favour of , the seventh marble, the latter motion! being readily seconded by a prominent member who didn't - 'believe •in " sudden death." Imagine the look of disgust, when after the ballot the Pre-: sident gently broke the news to the seconder of the .latter motion that his was the "sudden death" marble..The Secretary of • the Royal Humane Society ihas received an application for recognition of a, brave deed performed 'by a half-caste M-a/ori warned PaHai Kaimoana, at Wairoa, on December 12th. The evidence accompanying the application shows that a boy named "William Crarer, five years . of age, who was playing on ihe banks of the . Wairoa river with some companions, fell into the water. He was rapidly carried into deep water and soon sank. The place where Crarer sank was pointed out tp the half-caste, amd, without" di- ; vesting" himself of clothing, he sprang into the water, successfully dived for the !boy, and swam with ihim to shore. Artificial, respiration was applied, and Crarer recovered. Seddon was presented with a jewel caskctt, by the ladies o ? the Buller district.