Greymouth Evening Star, AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE. SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1901. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 25 May 1901, Page 2

Greymouth Evening Star, AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE. SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1901. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The people of Brunner are determined that “ the other side of the question ” in regard to the Wallsend mine shall be ventilated and made known to the public. Our Brunner correspondent says : —“ A public meeting is to be held here on Monday evening at seven o’clock to discuss the coal industry and the best means of assisting it, and also to refute the statement regarding the quantity and quality of coal in the Wallsend mine. A sub-committee has had the matter in hand, and now have facts and figures to go upon to prove the inaccuracy of some of the statements. The Mayor invites the member for the district and the members of the local bodies to the meeting. We trust very general support will be given to the effort now being made to remove the erroneous impression that exists in regard to the coal measures. We believe evidence of the most reliable nature will be forthcoming to show that in the Wallsend mine there is opened out and proved an area of over a million tons of coal. And this is but a small part of the lease.

It is not pleasant to be always finding fault with players and spectators at a football match, but if the game is to be maintained as one of our manly outdoor sports, it is essential that those taking part in a game that requires a good command over temper should be capable of controlling their feelings. Those who cannot do so should not be allowed to play. It was a pity after the good game witnessed, and the evident keen but friendly rivalry displayed yesterday that proceedings towards the termination of the contest should have been of such a disgraceful nature. We look to the Rugby Union to prevent like occurrences in the future, otherwise football had better be left alone. Better arrangements also require to be made to rope off the ground and prevent the public from crowding on to the actual field of play and the spectators, if they are wise, will show less feeling, for there is no doubt that repeated demonstrations and boo-hooing tends to aggravate the players and to bring about the scenes which were witnessed towards the termination of the second spell yesterday. It is a great pity that all those who participate in the game do» not take such players as M'Farlane, Davidson, Kettelty, Brown and others as an example to follow. These men, by reason of their plucky and determined play are constantly coming in for necessarily severe handling, yet there is not a spectator, who ever saw them emerge from one of these severe ordeals with other than a smile on their faces. This is where true courage, which football is supposed to inculcate, comes in.