Trophies Presented At Marist Cricket Club’s Annual Dinner

Wanganui Chronicle, 14 April 1949, Page 8

Trophies Presented At Marist Cricket Club’s Annual Dinner

Winners of the Wanganui senior cricket championship for the 1948-49 season, Marist, held their annual dinner recently at the Station Hotel. Mr D. A. Cresswell, the president, presided over a large attendance. The club was congratulated on winning the senior title for the second year in succession by Mr G. Orr, the Cricket Association’s delegate. After the loyal toast had been honoured the following toast list followed: —"Marist Cricket. Club " proposed by Mr L. Koorey and replied to by the president; “Wanganui Cricket Association,” proposed by Mr J. O Sullivan and replied to by Mr G. Orr; “Umpires’ Association ’ proposed by Mr J. Timbs and replied to by Mr W. Walls; “Kindred Clubs,” proposed by Mr D. Beard and replied to by Messrs D. McCawe (United), D. Deere (Tech. Old Boys), G. Russell (Wanganui), C. Cresswell (P. and T.), C. Tulfin (Railways). W. Crowley (Marist Rugby Club), C. Ornage (Marist Old Boys’ Association). Trophies were presented to the following:— Muzio Cup (most improved senior player). S. Nimmo; Mclntee Cup (most improved club bowler), E. Grant; Moran Cup (most improved junior player), G. Sloss; Koorey Cup (best club member), N. Cresswell. In recognition of their services the club scorers, Messrs Reardon and Wright, were given presentations. For the Wanganui Cricket Association Mr G. Orr presented the Licensed Victuallers’ Cup to S. Nimmo, captain of the senior team. ace. We have seen pictures of State banquets, with the gold plate laid out in splendour; we have seen newsreels of Her Majesty and the Princesses, beautifully dressed, in the East End of London, surrounded by haggard and ragged men and women, but where is the Catholic who has turned around and said. "Why should this be? Why doesn’t the King sell his possessions and give it to the poor? Why should the Royal Family live in luxury and a few streets away people are existing in tenement slums?” The point, of course, is this: Sell all the statues and paintings of thg Vatican, all the gold plate of Buckingham Palace, and admittedly you will get a pretty fair amount of cash. Right. Divide it up among all the poor people in Italy and England and what will happen? Each person will receive a few shillings, perhaps even a pound or two. This will soon be spent and they will be back in the same state as before. Thus the sale of these works of art will have really profited them nothing. The problem of the poor is not just for one or two or a few more, but for every man jack of us. They are our responsibility, and through our Governments ue should see that everyone who can be is employed, has a non-leaky roof over hi.s head, a stomach full ol food, and security for his old age. As regards our friends injunction to study “Worldism,” I venture the (•pinion that there are a number of aged here in our cwn city who would be in a sad way if there were not gallant souls looking after them who have ignored that advice. I guess the lepers of Makogai would be in a parlous condition had there been no Damien and his courageous successors to minister to them. 1 haven t yet heard oi any leper stations looked after by Communists. These folk are excellent at doing some things. For instance- they can stand on soap boxes and mouth meaningless cliches; they can destroy, not realising lhat it takes a truly adult mind Io build; they talk a lot about the brotherhood of man, but we find that, it is the Christian. Catholic and Protestant- who binds the wounds o. his brother and succours him. In conclusion, may I bring to “L.F.O.’s” notice the schoolboy definition of the word "Prejudice”: “Prejudice is calling a fellow a stinker before you know anything about him.”— 1 am,' etc. SAPPER 070972,