ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL FIXTURES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 1760, 27 May 1913, Page 9

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL FIXTURES.

Sir,—My attention has been directed to the report of the W.F.A. meeting held last night, and I may say that tho action of certain, members is anything but sportsmanship in having a motion rescinded regarding the Hospital and Corinthian match. The matcn had been reported to ba held in town on June 7, but now party spirit or else tho trouble over tho Hospital and my club re playera (which i 9 now under cloak, but which will come sooner or later beforo tho public) has, maybo, something to do with the upsetting of the match. If the W.F.A., or, rather, some of tho members, take this viow of conducting the affairs, tho sooner they aro off the governing body the better for "soccer." Now, sir, I, on behalf of my club, strongly protest against tho action of the W.F.A. in removing this match from town, especially when it is looked upon as the most important match of the 6oason.' Thanking you for your kind insertion,—l atn, etc., R. A. SIMPSON", Hon. Secretary Corinthian Football Club. Wellington, May 22, 1913. BIBLE IN SCHOOLS. Sir,—That was a very ingenious thrust that Professor Ilunter launches at you when ho says: "That instead of the referendum endjng tho matter, it has had tho opposite effect in the liquor question." Why, sir, his lanco would not pierco a newspaper shiold. Docs Professor Hunter, oi' any other sano man, think that the Bible-ln-Schools League is going to bo loaded with a handicap that -has provented the liquor question being solved long ago, as far as the majority of tho people of New Zealand is concerned? Does Professor Hunter think that the samo. "vestod interests" are going to stand in the way of the people giving offect to their opinions on the Biblo-in-echools question? He would bo a bold man at this time to use such arguments. Again, sir, many of the arguments of the other part of Professor Hunter's letter do not call for much comment, except this-. The opponents of tho league have adopted a new method; almost all of their utterances refer to compulsion in this question. Now, tho league has madb it cloar there is no demand for compelling any child taking these lessons. Why don't thoy be fair and state facts?— I am, etc., THOS. M. IIILLIGAN. May 20, 1913.

PRESSMEN AND TERRITORIAL CAMPS. Sir,—ln your leading columns to-day you state the very commendable proposition that the Dcfenoe authorities should give every facility to press • representatives to do their work without fear or favour. I would ask you whethor this proposition does not carry with it the counter-proposition that a representative of the press detailed for work at a training camp should bo sufficiently educated in military science to be able to appreciate the patriotio work being done by the thousands who aro conscientiously learning how to defend their homes, their mothers, their wives, their sisters, and their children against rapine. An inordinate amount of harA is done by the immature young man wearing the cloak of press representative. Knowing notJhdng of the military science ho spends his time in looking out for some incident which in press slang ho may disproportionately describe as sensational, and tho peccadilloes of a few are set out with displayed headlines, while the virtues of the multitude aro ignored.

If discretion is called for in the Defence authorities in tho admission of reporters, discretion is also called for in editors in tho selection of reporters for military matters.—l am, etc., A. DE B. BRANDON. Wellington, May 21, 1913. [Reasonable discretion is, of course, exercised by newspaper editors in the selection of reporters to represent thoir papers.]

CIVIL SERVANTS. Sir,—l read with interest your articlo of 21st inst. regarding tho meeting held at Petone, dealing with Civil Servants and political rights, but cannot see the reasonableness of your argument, debaring them from accepting remuneration for outsido work, on tho ground that they aro competing against tho general taxpayer. It Should not be forgotten that the members of the Public Service also contribute to the taxes, and in this way help to pay their own'salaries. I presume a Public Servant does a fair day's work for a fair day's pay, and after that is therefore justified in improving his earnings in any legitimate manner. Another reason for dispensing with tho regulation prohibiting outsido work is that the Public Servants do not participate in tho trade concessions enjoyed by tho people employed therein. Ho has to pay to tho full every time, and has not, until recently, been blessed with an increase of salary to meet tho demands. I think this is fairer criticism than contained in your article.— I am, etc. HARD UP.