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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13992, 30 August 1909, Page 3

The Wellington "Times" states that a bout £IBOO lias been distributed among the "unemployed on relief works. The committee expects £2OO from the City Council, £2OO from various entertainments, and it has about £2OO in hand. Subscriptions have totalled £IBOO,. but they are now falling off. A few applications for assistance continue to be made daily, but men have now to show very good cause before their names are added to the list. As funds are now beginning to run low, the committee will soon be faced with the necessity of reducing the .strength of the gangs employed. IF the mar-' ried men only are retained "."it will be possible to keep the relief works going until towards the end of September, but the money will certainly not last t,l>'>t long unless a retrenchment scheme is brought into force. It is stated that the \Kaiser has given orders that football shall in future be played by the soldiers of the German army, and, indeed,- that thev shall be taught to play football as a part of their physical training. The Emperor, who is an enthusiastic admirer of outdoor sports, is iirmly convinced that football will 'increase the mobility of his troops and render them more efficient when called upon to take the field. Orders in this sense have therefore been issued bv the jMiuister of. War. It is stated that : special measures: will be taken to enable the non-commissioned officers who will be entrusted with the duty, of' teaching their men how to -ploy football 1o obtain lessons themselves before they become instructors. The aim of some adventurous people to "aviate," will soon be within the realness of practicability for halfpage advertisements published in New I'ork recently described tlie delights 1 aviation and the desirability of buying a practical aeroplane, lvady for delivery with forty days. In the meantime, the brothers \Vright, while expressing the belief that there is a great future for jieronautics, announce that they will not sell a machine lo anybody unless lie signs an agreement not to'fly over cities. Aviation, the.s admit, is" still in the stage, when -..lie should only soar over soli places. So far, there has been no rush to buy tiying-machiues. but public interest i:;.s been aroiiaed. and one i;ig 'ii'in, Vis.-rs Church and Cartridge, has just established an "aviation department," where you can buy aeroplanes and accessories.