Football.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 176, 26 July 1909, Page 2

Football.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —In last issue of the "Chronicle/* I notice a letter by a correspondent referring to the selection of the representative team. There is much that is to the point in the letter in question. There is also much that indicat?s a rather narrow view of the matter. It seems to me our football players are fast developing the habit of talking better than they play. The players should recognise that the Union is their Union; the officials their officials; the referees their referees, and lastly that the game is their game,and is being organised and encouraged so that they may enter into the game on the best lines, and make themselves efficient and able to compete with players in other districts, and eventually have the chance of attaining the honour of representing their province or even their country on the field of play. The game against Auckland which has been arranged for Saturdaynext is merely the start, let us hope, of a series of annual gpmes, and much depends upon the form shown by our team. If our players can demonstrate their ability to give a good game to all comers we can look upon the future of the game here as assured of the active support and sympathy of players and public. If out team next Saturday gets badly beaten on account of the absence of good players whose services might have been secured, the game will perhaps get a set back, which will affect it for some time to come. My advice to players is to play the game, and play it hard; do less talking; take a broader view of things and support the Union officials who have been elected by the players to safeguard the players' interests for the season. If any of the officials do not meet with the approval of the players there will be an opportunity next season of replacing them. In the meantimp be loyal to the Union; which means being loyal to yourselves.—l am/etc, VETERAN.

TO THE EDITOR. /

Sir, —I would like to draw attention to the state of the footpath leading to Te Kuiti school. In places the path is so boggy that it is a wonder the children are able to get through. Surely the local body could take some steps to make the footpath passable. It would not cost much to do this and the work would be appreciated by parents in general. Children go home every day smothered in mud which it is impoisibe to avoid. The fact of •pupils having to sit all day in damp shoes is alEo dangerous to the health of the chlidren. Trusting some steps will be taken to improve the dreadful condition of things.—l am, ec, PARENT. TO THE EDITOR. Sir, -There are those who care not for their own ridiculousness but rush straight to the press of their local paper to publish their own ideas of another man's faults, or supposed faulty ways. I give for instance some correspondence that has been in your valuable paper in connection with a non-delivered telegram sent to Mairoa for Mr Bevege, Pio Pio. Any man that can find a deficiency in the Mairoa postmaster's kind thoughtful r.ess in delivering telegrams knows not of what he speaks, and lam sure were it possible the Mairoa postmaster would not have omitted to send along the Pio Pio troublesome wire had the least opportunity offered. There are many residents of Mairoa, and its surroundings who have thanked its P.M. for delivering telegrams many hours after the sun had set; and which delivery cost them many miles ride through the Mairoa mud. "Interested" no doubt would be pleased to make bill stickers of farmers that happen to have P.M. after their names, whether or not they had work to do that they were paid for doing. Mr Bevege and "Interested" are very true to the old axiom, whilst one gives a bad name the other would hang him. If space be allowed I thank you.—l am, etc., ALSO INTERESTED.