LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 110, 3 February 1920, Page 8

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

I THk CARE OF HELPLESS ANIMALS 1 dir. —1 read with great interest the account jnveu in your'paper of Saturday, January 31, regar'Uing tlie truly pnilautiiromc action of a Melbourne laay in donating to Auciuand a sum ot money to lie used as thought best, tor the prutectio lioi helpless animals, 'the inspector of the Society lor tne Prevention of l/rueitv to Animals has decided that a home - for Auckland's canine waits and strays is most urgently needed. 1 would lite to asK is: Cannot Wellington's many canine suttereid' be cared ior in a liku tasmonr 'io anyone wno lias vub iie'iiare oi dogs trmy al ueart ic must Uti ouiy too apparuiil tJiai oucu a numo io sauiy neeaeu uere. Win hoc cue ox weiluiHiuu's wcaituy citweuo luuoiv tlio'exampitt quoted auover w, lailing mat, couid not tne tiling t>e done uv suuocriutiou, wuen everyone wouiu nave a cnance-.of neiping in tae goou uausef' 'iuere muse iiu many numneus oi nog-iovers in - Wellington wno wouid ud reauv io give tn«u' mite, nowevw. ouiali. io iurtner tno Ueliare and aiiajr me oi one ox me nouiesi. ui iiou's auiiiiaiSj aUu tno beat irienu uian. —J. ani, etc., . HUMANITAS. imtniiDJiMOiw Sir,—Owing to iuy oiiieial duties taking lue away noiu tuis city x was umiula to repiy to & letter iiei'oi'e. i'll'si anu loremosc wao is mis (.'ciiuemau mat hus io oneiter oeninu a uoui-ue-uiumer is hu a piayer c iNO, i aui noc a.piayer, nor uavo i any iniereal lu any team, out i. tuji.o a uitel'ttil* in tne gamo ot cricKet, in an grades, and it uues not always requiie to ue.a piayer [() to Ue a critic. 1 Ail one naa to do is io loos at tno last piece ot niisuiaiiugehienc on tms part oi tne U'lcitc assooi.aiioii ov senuing up a team of eleven piavers "to. recover* pi« i"iuuket bniew troiu Aucltlanu. \V nat oi iirice s inuuiiitv w Piay, ana a piayer uj wau not get 111 tne iitot junior wain ueini: caiiea upon to play.' 'J.nis piayer nas not uiay«u taree games tuis ueaoon, ivnat a farce it was to ever send a team up at all tnis season, and,.wuac an exuenuiture oi the lower graues good inonev. doubt, tne senior plaj-eis wanted a healtn-recuperating lor next season, and also w see h tne varnish was still on tne snield; and alter-. Having the pleasure oi seeing , it' ,m a Uuecn Street jeweller's tawy windo.v, all had a good look at it, and there it remained,. ' It is nqj; : for you or I, Mr. Ilajer, to sav wnat kind of a gate a junior representative ganio would get. i woul<d leave it to tlie pubuc of V\ elling-ton to sav. They are looked upon as being the best sporting public in the- Dominion. As for the tees, the lower-grade player his to nav tw-ioo as much for his.alternoon's oiitiiig and travel tivico as tar. What a body of sports comprise the Or cJcet Association! When the A 1 "81 0 "1 Athletic Association asked them for assistance to help the gate by postponing the cricket for ono Saturday tliey ilatly ret'sued. As 'for tho lower-grade players' fees not keeping this association,, it is absurd.' There are sixty-six senio. players playing on Saturday^: alwut or between four and hve hundud lower trrade. The aboy-e speaks lor itself as to which body keeps the asspwation going, "i'layw" admits tha a Sch is bifdly needed 'here Perhaps "Player." if he were to send in his application under the good old nom da plume may get the., position toach lint I cannot even see him keeping his place at that. . In conclusion, Sir, if a man armes here with a reputation, no matter whe.ther M is from Wallaroo or Timbuctoo, lie can get in any senior team and iepresentative team before a junior, no matter how (rood his performances are. Hut in the future give the juniors a chance, or eta cricket in this city will vanish. It Will be seen by the games our veterans have played, and the number of wins (?) tliev have recorded, '.'Mr. Player," that tliev are the Tveakesfc'h-'pm in the, Dominion. Now selectors and a new mnnng£ mont ate badly needed; in fact, an entirely new association. . Thanking you in anticipation,—l api, etc., BERNARD CARLTON.