BASKETBALL.

Wairarapa Age, 1 November 1930, Page 4

BASKETBALL.

MEETING OF WAIRARAPA ASSCffiEaSION. RECOMMENDATIONS PASSED. At a special general meeting of the Wairarapa Basketball Association last week,, presided: over by Miss O. R. Sutherland, the following recommendations. finm the executive committee wa» carried unanimously:— “(1) That the Wairarapa Basketball Association in future manage the affairs of seeoridary and senior grade basketball only; (2) That the executive should annually place teams in the A and B grades, taking into consideration the strength of each team and that at the conclusion of each season the leading team in the B grade should play the bottom team in the A grade for the privilege of .playing in the A grade in: the next year; (3) That a committee, consisting of Misses O. R. Sutherland, G. Matthews’ D. O’Donnell, Z. Aekerman and M. Rayne, be set up to frame a new constitution.”

Arrangements are now well in hand for the spring show of the Masterton Horticultural and Industrial Society, which is to be held on November 26. ’ The schedule fees been revised and several additions ma'de. The schedule will be distributed in the near future.

Two short plays, “El Dorado” and “The Old Lady Shows Her Medals” were read at St. Matthew’s Collegiate School lest evening by girls of St. Monica’S House, of which Miss L. Smith is house-mistress and Mary Durrad is captain. The reading was particuiariy good, and in each case the girls gave » thoroughly effective rendering an'd interpretation of the play. A fair number of parents were present, but the attendance was not by any means as large as it should have been in view of the high standard set by the young readers. The last Christmas dispatch' from New Zealand for newspapers, packets and parcel mail, via the Panama route for Great Britain and Ireland, is by the New Zealand Shipping Company’s motor-liner Rangitata, which is scheduled to leave Auckland at daybreak on November 8 for Southampton and London. The mail closes at Masterton on November 6 and' is due at London on December 12. For letter mails, the last Christmas dispatch is by the Union Company’s Niagara, which is scheduled to leave Auckland on November 18 for Vancouver. This mail is due in London on December 18.

Parcel boy wanted. Sum of money lost. Fast shearer wanted. Youth seeks employment. Lady help seeks position. Gruss seed stripper wanted. Huntaway sheep dog wanted. Jersey eow, near profit, for sale. White Leghorn cockerels for sale. Orion range and register grate for sale.

Four-roomed eottag'e, Cornwall Street, to let.

Avoid aching feet this summer by making a careful choice of summer shoes at “The Farmers.” They are showing men’s shoes for business and for sports wear—ideal footwear for every occasion, for every suit all priced well within the reach ef ever? man. J

“Nine out of ten men” is the title of a most interesting change of advertisement inserted by Messrs. J. L. Murray, Ltd., specialists in men’s and juvenile wear. It tells all about the special bargains offering in shirts and men who wish to save money are invited to call and see for themselves the money-snving values.

In to-day’s issue, the Railway Department advertise particulars of the alterations to the train services and the issue of holiday excursion tickets in connection with the Manawatu and West Coast A. and P. Show, to be held at Palmerston North on November 5, 6 a ? d 0,1 November 6 and 7, suitable alterations to certain trains to enable ’yge numbers to attend the show should prove of assistance in enabling passengers to have a comprehensive view of the Show.