HAWERA.

Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 353, 4 September 1878, Page 2

HAWERA.

(from our own correspondent.) Odb football team arc very, and I think justly, indignant at the nncourtcous treatment they received at the hands of the Wavevlcy opponents in the match which was to have been played at Maim tain on Saturday last. To meet the. wishes of the Waverley team, who were desirous to return home ear!)’ the same evening, it was agreed to commence play at 2 o’clock. With their usual punctuality the llawcra team were all on the ground a quarter of an hour before the appointed lime, when a telegram was received from their opponents stating that they considered it too wet to play the match, and they would postpone it until the following Saturday. Considering that most of the Haweras had ridden 10 and some 15 miles and more this seemed rather cool. Had the Waverleys wished to postpone the match they should have communicated the. fact early in the morning, and not have waited until they knew that all the Haweras must either be on the road or at the appointed ground. On the receipt of the telegram, a committee meeting was held on the ground, and It was agreed to accept the proposed challenge, on condition of the match being played in llawcra, and an answer was telegraphed back to that effect. Had the Hawera team wished to return the compliment paid them by the Waverleys, they should have accepted their proposed postponement, and then when they knew them to reached Manntahi, have telegraphed to lie effect that they considered it too fine to play the match, and ask for a further postponement. A rather nasty accident happened to Mr Milmoe, one of our oldest settlers, on Sunday last. His horse by some means got entangled in some supple jacks, and in extricating him, be received several severe kicks. A neighbor’s house being handy, lie managed with some difficulty to crawl to it, and was immediately rendered every possible assistance, a messenger being at once dispatched to town to procure all needful requirements. It is feared it will be some time before be can again get about.

Before concluding, I wish to correct an error which appeared in Press Agency telegram, and which yon appear to have co led, in which it was stated that section; at Messrs Thompson and McGuire’s ’ate sale averaged £2B. The average was redly £3B per section. Tiiis ought to be a s itisfactory proof that Hawera is looked upon by the outside public, who are ever ready to invest their capital in it, whm an opportunity offers, as the most prosperous and promising inland town on the coa;t.