CORRESPONDENCE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12687, 8 July 1919, Page 4

CORRESPONDENCE.

OLD IDENTITIES.

TO THE EDITOR. /Sir,—The photographs of Mr and Mrs Cookson, reprinted in Saturday’s “Star,’’ afe those of Mr and Mrs Isaac Cookson.. Mr Cookson was a leading merchant when Lyttelton was the capital of Canterbury, and he also had a large wool store and import and export business at Kaiapoi. The first wool and grain store erected here about 1859 stood on the present site of the woollen mills, and the produce which was brought to it by bullock drays from the highlands and inland, was shipped to Lyttelton in ketches and schooners up to 80 tons, with an occasional small steamer to assist. The present generation would perhaps doubt the facilities for navigation, nevertheless in the wool season from 2000 to 3000 bales of wool were dispatched to the ocean-going vessels, which lav out in the harbour of Lyttelton, which took all their lading from the mosquito fleet. Near the store at Kaiapoi referred to. erected by the firm of Cookson, Bowler and Co., was erected a cottage of timber imported in sections from England. Mr I. T. Cookson u v as the first member "oft.the General Assembly for Kaiapoi. His name is given, to Cookson Street, and another street is named Bowler Street. The business announcements of the firm in the “ Lyttelton Times ” of 1859 show the extensive business operations of the firm, which, like Miles and Co., financed many of the runholders in the early days.—T am, etc., Kaiapoi, July 7. J.L.W.

PLAYING GROUNDS.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —It is required that all duos affiliated with the Canterbury Football Association bare to pay an annual ground subscription to defray the expense of marking out and general maintenance. On Saturday last the most important match of the junior competition, Excelsior v. Western,-was played at Woolston Park. The ground apparently had not been attended to for a considerable time, as there was not the slightest -mark or line of any description to guide either the players or the referee. During the progress of the game there were numerous occasions when it was very doubtful whether the ball was in play or otherwise, and the referee was unable to give a satisfactory decision owing to the absence of touch lines. The state of the ground caused a lot of stoppages in the play, and that had the effect of making the players irritable, and the game uninteresting. The proper control of the game was impossible, and I think it behoves the G.F.A. to pay more attention to the grounds and give the players some consideration for their money. I would like the committee that has the management of the grounds to give this matter their immediate attention, and endeavour to give the younger clubs suitable grounds to play 'on and the same consideration as' the seniors receive—l am, etc., GROUND SUB.

ANOTHER COMPLAINT.

TO THU EDITOR. Sir, —As one connected with Association football I would like to enter an emphatic protest against the management of Soccer, other than seniors. Last Saturday the mismanagement reached ita height, when Western and Excelsior met at Woolston Park in a match that had a bearing on the Junior championship. Had Western wpjjx, they were assured: of paleinier&haß. Tim ground, which did not appear to ibe full size, was not marked in any way, and, had a less efficient referee been appointed, there might have been many disputes. But everyone knows Mr Free as a very Competent referee, and great praise is due to him for his control.. The centre of .the field had. to be guessed M <is somewhere near the concrete cricket pitch,” but there was no trace of any markings. I have seen many junior and third grade matches, but have never seen ah official of the U.F.A. there, and interest in these two grades seems to lag. t0 th f P r „ ei3ent , no trophy has een presented for the championship, but a trophy wa s promised for this year. Let us hope the O.F.A. will live up to their promises and amply reward junior players for their keenness in turning out every Saturday, to get m former years, their name on the minutes.” I n the GF.A. annual had been audited (.) one junior club was down as owinothe centre £2 3s, while in reality the any officm! correction of this ve t. , All other branches Of sport receive space m the evening and weeklv for junior notes, hnt so far thffi S fact S4S! would be veV welcome? 3 Austin? 1 ! ■ INKLE.

THE G.O.’S.

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_ “ There are three hundred: miners in Christchurch and Lyttelton doing ordinary labourers’. work in preferencl' to Imng. under the .present housing conditions on the West Coast,” , said the. Majmr ( Dr Thacker) at a meetfng