CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairoa Bell, Volume IV, Issue 160, 26 August 1892, Page 6

CORRESPONDENCE.

[The editor is not responsible for opinions expressed by cor respondents.] (To the Editor). Sir, —I was pleased to see ‘ Kaihu Valley’s ’ letter in your last issue for he calls attention to what I have been on the point of complaining of myself. As he says the KopuruHelensville match was nearly an hour later in starting than was advertised and the annoyance must have been great to all those who had to leave by the train. The Wairoa Onion of course had nothing to do with the Helensville match or its arrangements as it was purely a Club match, so no blame can be attached to its officers for that match. But all the way through the season the convenience of players only has been studied and the outside public, without whom football would soon languish, have been almost ignored except at the gates where an entrance fee is demanded. I quite agree with what you wrote a few weeks ago as to the necessity of placing the local Union on an acknowledged basis, freer from the effects of Club jealousies. Such a course would, I am sure, lead to the better encouragement of players and to the popularising of the game. I hope the delegates forming the Union will take the matter up and have things put on a better footing before the season finally closes, How when the members of the Clubs are fraternising together in Possible and Probable matches will be a happy time to hold a conference at which all Club matters should be banished from the mind and the future of the Union alone hold sway. — I am, Sir, Line up Maroons. (To the Editor) Sir, —I have been astonished from time to time to tind so little charity existing amongst individuals. This often arises from want of thought more than from any evil disposition, and as an instance of this 1 may mention the matter of the spreading of sawdust on the Church road. Undoubtedly the object of those who spread the sawdust was one of charity, but it is none the less true that they would have done better by putting the sawdust in the centre of the road. I cannot blame the Engineer for calling attention to the matter as the mode of spreading interfered with the road work just completed, and I can scarcely blame the Council for asking to have the sawdust removed,although perhajjs they might have acted with more suavity by leaving the matter in the hands of one of their number instead of passing such an abrupt resolution as they did. One would expect to find a more charitable nature running through those who spent their time in spreading the sawdust for the public good to the door of the Church, hut to my mind the most uncharitable part of the whole business is the letter which appeared in your last issue over the norn de plume ‘ One of the Offenders.’ I fail to see why the school childron should be dragged into the matter for a glance at the sawdust spread will show that it leads to the Church and no farther, proving that very little consideration was felt for the school children when the work >vas in hand. Looking at your report of the

Council meeting I have been unable tc find the ‘ mountain out of a mole lull ’; the letter just referred to is more of a mountain than anything I see. —I am, etc., Old) CRUSTY. (To the Editor.) Sir.—“ Though the Kopuru Club have lost the banner, yet their record is a good one. Only 13 points have been scored against them, while 84 have been scored by them. They have actually scored six points more than Aratapu, who won the banner.” So writes a correspondent to the ‘ Weekly News’ who evidently does not believe in fair play. The last clause is scarcely a fair comment to make without explanation when it is remembered that Kopuru’s extra points were made in meeting Dargaville when the latter played short. Another injustice to Aratapu is to state the 6 points scored more than Aratapu hut to omit to say that Aratapu had very much fewer points scored against them than Kopuru. lam quite willing to give Kopuru credit for having played well throughout a series of hard tussles ; but such one-sided reports do not add to her credit as some correspondents seem to think. A boastful man often loses credit for what he does because of his self praise.—l am, Sir, Bed and Black.