TOKOMARU.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2051, 11 April 1907, Page 1

TOKOMARU.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) It was feared that owing to the difficulty of getting a suitable ground, football would have to conic to a stop here, hut through the kindness of W Rotao, H. P. Waiti, and other natives, a very good football ground lias been acquired, and the game promises to he as popular as ever. Tile annual general meeting of the football club was held on Saturday evening last, with a good attendance of members. Mr Sigley was voted to tlie chair. The Secretary, Mr Newton, read his report and balance-sheet, which were adopted. The report stated that the club had had a most siieeesful season, four matches having been played, throe wins and one draw. 20 points for and 9 against. The club had won the East Coast championship, for the fourth time in succession, and had also sent a team to Gisborne, which defeated the Kaiti team there. The Secretary also noted that the club

had had a paid-up membership of 40, a record, and hoped that as keeji an interest would he displayed in the game during the coining season. The balance sheet showed a credit of £2 7s lOd. The election of officers resulted as follows:—Patron. Mr

Hindmnrsh; president. Mr Oates, senr.; vice-presidents, Messrs Mill, Bushy, Fairlie, E. R. Murphy. J. If. Jamieson, Sigley, Wi Potae, Buchanan, E. C. Connelly, Hone Paerata, G. Powell, and Hone Paputenc; committee, Messrs Sigley, Goodwill Jno. Jamieson, Aorere, Erikana (with secretary and captain); . delegates to Rugby Union, Messrs Newton and Aorere ; selection committee, Messrs Fairlie, Newton, and Aorere; secretary and treasurer, Mr J. Newton; auditor, Mr Baclianaii; club’s vice-president of Rugby Union, Mr Oates. senr.; dance committee, Messrs Goodwin, Aorere, Erikana, and Oates, junr. It was resolved that the club invite the Kaiti-Gitv team to visit Tokomaru, and that £lO he gwara nr--— I—-*-•" 1 —-*-•" n '-on —cneiTexpenses. jaitesgHes of practice nia,l- ---— arra aged for. Country v. Township, and the opening of the season was fixed for April 27th. Erikana, Kaiti’s best hack of last season, was at the mooting, and signified his intention of playing for Tokomaru this year, a. statement that wa greeted with applause. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the meeting,

Christchurch Truth on “A Hungry Province”:—lf a ballot were taken to decido who was the most considerate. courteous, and agreeable member of the Ministry, tho Hon. 4Y. HallJoncs would win easily, but there :ue times when we are inclined to regret that ho should he so exceedingly gentle and suave when self-seeking politicians, hacked up by clamorous and greedy constituencies, arrogaaUy demand the extension of a wild iat or maintain railways with a callous disregard for the needs of every part of the colony but tlicir own. Yesterday the Acting-Premier rode into Clyde oil the front of a hi-on:.live, and declared the great white elephant of the New Zealand railway ■system open to a point which s about 134 miles from Dunedin. T'-e (■< „t, has been something like a mi.lion and a quarter ,and- thr > -iihoi.;. tiio centre length of the Ottago-Central there is not a single branch line to help it earn the £37,0 n -> : i >•: n* »' interest on the cost of eouslr :.< I inn. Yet the Otago people want to r.-.M.v 'll- !ne further into the mountains t.. hr an incubus for a general ion .mi flio taxpayers oi the coY--i/ and Mr Hall-Jones, fearful of giving offence (--.■ hurting local susceptibilities, had nothing but kindly encouragement and soothing words for those making this preposterous demand. |le even rout the length of foreshadowing the extension of the line at some future time, although a curt refusal to countenance any such waste of public money would only have been what, yesterday's deputation deserved Otago ought to be. exceedingly grateful for over getting the railway to Clyde at all. It has been taken there at the expense of _ more deserving districts, but there will certainly ho a unanimous protest from other provinces if it goes a yard iurthor for a very long time,