Rugby Football.

Free Lance, 30 March 1901, Page 21

Rugby Football.

The balance - sheet of the Rugby Union discloses a credit of £90 2s 9d on last season's working, and that after an expenditure of £639 12s 9d, while the assets are £288 18 6d. The liabilities are described in a very satisfactory manner, with the simple word "nil." The teams sent on tour cost the Union £211 12s 2d. The report contains nothing extraordinary, being merely a resume of the work done last season by the committee, the doings of the representative teams being detailed. The Management Committee appear to have attended to their duties consistently. Mr. Pagni scored the possible — 29, Messrs. Laughton, Kellow, and Galbraith, 28; McKenzie and Murray, 27 ; Coffey, 26 ; King, 21 ; while Messrs. Stevens and Hood attended between them 19 meetings. A match is to be played at Petone on Easter Saturday between teams lepresenting the Petone and Addington railway workshops.

George Tyler was in town on Monday night. He is on his way back to Auckland and is going via Napier and Gisborne. It is moie than probable that he will return to Wellington, and if he does will be found playing with the Melrose Club. Fraser, who played for Melrose on the wing last season, tells me he is leaving for Oamaru in a few days. By the way, since last season " Wag " has joined the Benedicts, and, if not too late, I tender him my congratulations. Mr. G. A. Hill, the popular President o the Orienta] Club, is seeking, by desire of his Club, a seat on the Management Committee of the Rugby Union. A keen sport and an enthusiast, with plenty of time on his hands, the delegates could safely entrust him with their confidence. The Oriental and Wellington Clubs play a seiatch match with their Easter teams at Miramar on Saturday. The annual meeting of the New Zealand Eugby Union is to be held on the 26th April. W. Nidd, the energetic Secretary of the Wellington Rowing Club, is to be married at Eastei time. The best of good wishes are his from the writer of these notes. Another ladies' club is the outcome of a good deal of the excitement which pervaded hockey ciicles last season. Preliminary meetings have been made, and the election of officers will take plaoe next week.

— That a well known Nelson man is said to have gone for a very long walk. — That some \a ag sent the Premier a cure for corpulency the other day. — That vaccination is again becoming popular, m view of a possible plague visit. - — That, according to a local doctor, consumption is greatly on the increase in the city. — -That some Society Wellingtomans think the Governor spends too little of his time here. — That the comical sight of four bullocks drawing a coachfull of people to the races was seen at Stratford last week. — That the Maori "King" will consider himself rather more important than he is at present when the Duke arrives. —That a woman who divorced her husband not long ago, re-married on the day the decree absolute was pronounced. — That, although the Mayor of the city is a pronounced abstainer, he carries on business as a wine and spirit merchant. — That Cartertonites are complaining that a good clock and chimes should have been procured by the Council, instead of a ridiculous swing-at-the-wall affair. Late Mr. Carter left the matter to the Council. — That Councillor Izard does not think we should present an address to Prince George wrapped up in brown paper. Councillor Izard seems to be giving himself a lot of anxiety for nothing — Prince George is not at all likely to be wrapped up in brown paper.

— That Wellington ratepayers are also once again rat-payers — at threepence a time. — That a local policeman had his pocket cleverly picked while in plain clothes last week. — That one popular song that has caught on in Wellington was written in a lunatic asylum. — That more than one civil servant keeps his position through barking with the biggest dog. — That a certain music-mangier m this district is now engaged in the study of veterinary surgery. — That the decision to hear the divorce suit in which Judge Martin is correspondent has a too "in camera" look about it. — That the man who comes to the conclusion that he has made a fool of himself is usually mistaken. The woman did it. — That if the business people intend to make a night show when the Cornwalls are here, it is time they had the transparencies in hand. — That a music-teaching governess, who accepted a position up country a while back, was rather astonished to find that she was expected to milk the cows. — That Tom Wilford says it is considered a crime to be young in Wellington. Well, what about Tom himself? He is doing very well, for a young 'un. — That dangerous explosives are not infrequently placed under seats of carriages by passengers, but it is rarely that railway officials are able to bowl them out. — That surely firemen can find a spare second or two to light their bike lamps before dashing through the streets in search of the fiery element after dark. — That the colony has been breathing more freely since Arthur Adams assured the "Post" interviewer his private opinion was Britain and Russia would not go to war over that railway siding. — That the last report of the Labour Department says there is a growing disinclination on the part of young men and lads to leave the town. Naturally — they cannot tear themselves away from Dixs Gaiety and Fuller's Vaudeville.

—That the present system of fumigation on steamers is quite useless so far as rats are concerned. — That Great Britain will have a big bill against De Wet for the shoe leather worn out in chasing him. — That city accommodation rates will go up with a mighty bound prior to, and during, the Royal visit. — That it is a treat to see a wellknown majestic citizen pass a certain debt collector "on the block." — That it is about time one alleged jury-squarer in Wellington i was bowled out, and given a quiet holiday. — That a certain parson up the line, who is badly paid, and who cannot pet in his arrears of salary, has determined to try another line of business. -—That a lady sent along her erst servant a cracked, second-hand coalscuttle, for which she had no use, as a wedding present, the other day. — That, according to widely published accounts, the Duchess of Cornwall has lost all her beauty of a few years ago, and is now rather plain-looking. — That a cityite proposed to, and was accepted by, a young lady at a country race-meeting lately. They had paired all day on the machine, and then agreed to pair for life. — That at the church parade, in camp on Sunday, the response of the men of the Seventh Contingent to Bishop Wallis's prayer "Give peace in our time" was not heartily given ! — That a New Plymouth photographer, sent to "take" a pedigree bull, and who placed a red sheet over the camera, had his apparatus smashed to smithereens by the enraged animal. — That a lunatic, released on temporary probation, made things wildly willing in a local hotel the other nieht, and three damaged townsmen quickly retired from the scene of action. — That at least two who are following the soldiering; industry at Newtown Park frankly admit a preference for fighting Boers rather than intolerable wives, and so leave with the latter's consent. — That general complaint is being made that the Union Company carry too much deck cargo, including a great deal of live stock, which should be taken by cargo steamers. Passengers want more space.

— That the member for Napier has now gone in" for horse-racing — an infectious disease in Hawke's Bay. — That a widow who, in a spirit of mischief, advertised for a husband, received a reply from her own son. — That more Jay Pees are required in some country districts. In large centres they are as thick as thieves. — That a woman who got flurried during an alarm of fire at her house recently saved a packet of hairpins. —That certain Councillors, whose chief business has been to advocate ward requirements, will not know what to talk about under the new system. — That one Society dame has bought four "Etiauettes," by different authors, in view of the royal receptions. She would like to make no mistakes. — That a popular Weilingtonian, who is "all things to all men," has just, been very forcibly told by his wife that he cannot be "all things to all women." —That there is a likelihood of a plethora of candidates for the Patea two hundred and forty pounder, which is at present on tour in South Africa. — That the champion mean man has turned up in the owner of a dog. He sent it round with a subscription list and money-box tied to its neck, inviting donations to buy it a collar. — That the price of meat is not likely to go down in Wellington so long as it pays owners to send thousands and thousands of sheep to the South Island to be frozen as "Prime Canterbury." — That in a recent "assault" case at Christchurch the "parties" were little schoolgirls, and the ■ "alleged assault" was a trivial scratch. "Accused" was severely cautioned. —That, in connection with the Christchurch case concerning the transition of a girl "from industrial school to baronet's castle," there are a few facts which it is as well not to publish. —That hop-picking must be a profitable pastime in Nelson, when one family .can knock, £40, another a piano, and another a swag of furniture out of it. — That Arthur Adams, formerly of the "Post," who got back from China the other day, has a book and two plays in his carpet-bag ready for the publishers when he reaches the world's metropolis. In the meantime, he is a health-seeker.