TRENTHAM SPORTS MEETING.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2394, 25 February 1915, Page 7

TRENTHAM SPORTS MEETING.

Sir,—l think the action of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association in suspending all the officials and competitors who took part in the recent sports at Trentham, • and who have Cone, and are going, to light for liberty (a thing that tlie Mow Zealand Amateur Athletic Associationdoes Sot possess) is, to say tho least, very small on their part, it shows to the people of Now Zealand what a small-minded body of men the.Now Zealand Amateur Athletic Association is made up of. They forKet that the men who are fighting for the right aro doing so under great sacrifices, and from a monetary point of view there is nothing in it, as you know. Sir; and I see no reason why a few men who make up a very weak association. and who class themselves as amateurs, should have the right to sit in their comfortable chairs, with their chests stuck out, lord of all they survey sort of. style, j and dictate to the officers and men what they should do, and what they should not do at a sports meeting controlled by men who are prepared to risk their lives for these so-called sports. I think, Mr. Editor, the New Zealand Amateur Athletio Association have very, little to do, otherwise they would- not act in the way they have done. —I am, etc., E. OBCHARO, Private, Samoan Reinforcements. Trentham, February 24.

THE ACOUSTICS OF THE TOWN HALL. . Sir,—l notice in your issue of February 23 that the acoustic properties of the 'Wellington Town Hall have not been improved by the hanging of curtains. I have not been m the Hall since this was done, my last visit being on the occasion of the second performance of Sousa's Band, when the Hall was only fairly filled. In the full forte passages of tho Band, the shde was quite apparent, seeming to glide alone the ceiling, hitting the back wall, and then getting you in the back of the ears. Now, Sir, : as the absorption scheme has not proved a success, why Dot try something to stop the slide. Might I suggest that it .could' be done by -a break in the ceiling, in the shape Of three shallow arches, supported by a pillar-on each end of the gallery. I fully believe that something of thisBort would improve the sound properties.—l am, etc., H. T. REUS, ... Manager,. Town Hall. Late conductor, Operatic and Orchestral Societies, Munioipal Band, Greytown.