News in Brief

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 493, 30 June 1932, Page 10

News in Brief

A Dangerous Practice. The danger of boys using bows and arrows and particularly firing the arrows at each other was shown in a recent case at Aramoho, where a boy directed an arrow at his mate, striking him in the left eye, with the result that the sight has completely gone. The arrow was the common variety used by boys, a toi toi stick. Locally-made Footballs. A protest against the action of the New Zealand Rugby Union Management Committee of confining the tender for the purchase of footballs to New Zealand-made articles was made by Mr G. 11. Pownall, treasurer of the Wanganui Rugby Union at a meeting of the union this week. He said it was a step more drastic than any Government had dared to take. The New Zealand article was already protected by duty, exchange, and landing charges to the extent of 55 per cent, and that should be enough without absolutely prohibiting other Empire footballs. It was a severe penalty on sports dealers. With an accumulated fund of more than £40,000, there was no necessity for the New Zealand Rugby Union to enter the trade, and certainly not without consulting the council. Although it was a step to assist local industry, he thought the matter should be given fuller consideration.