THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1913. THE BOROUGH DOMAIN.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 1, Issue 94, 20 May 1913, Page 2

THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1913.

THE BOROUGH DOMAIN.

"We nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice."

And .The Football Game. The decision to f-jrm a Rugby Afsociaiion for PuSlelsche has a very direct bearirg upon the attitude we havj tik.n up in coatieetijii suth the Boroujih Domain. Ii the past football has rot been played in Pukeksise ai friely bs i h . might have b:c::, but now fiat there are t j be t'.ree 1 seal duo: it 13 practically c;rt'ia th-it mttchts will be played every Saturday. It is probabls that turj game will now bec me so popular that a charge of sisper.ee admission cculd be collected to witaess ca;h match. It th-j average attendance were 200 that would m.'an a weekly iieorae al ±5. The Bsrotegb Council, if it bad f-H control cf the Domain, could very properly make a t x of 25 per cent, of the takiig?, which would me:.r, loughly, that £1 15s per week ccul.igo to tha domain funds, the remaining £o 15s to btlo;'g to the football clubs. Indeed, the Council might with pioyricty v.sk for 50 per cer.t of the takings.so bng a3 the Cojm.il devoted all th 3 money t'.««l was collected to the improve met t and beuttilication of tin grounds, to providing cheltir thed, Bho7.cr baths, paviibn?, boundary Urxts and such oth r conveniences us would pr.ni.te athletic sports. But with the reserve vested in tie King the days upon which admission charges can be mad: are limited by la?; to ten daja in each year. So thtt such hi irap .v nwrt schema as we have outlined would be impossible. For tliid reason alone the con.ain ought t> te vested in the borough, Ini alteration that is bung made in the trdia Eervice, too, will make it pO:sible to arrange for the more frcqJ-i.t viats of ciiy teair.s i i future, to that the local Kate rec. iptJ should be materially ioca-.cd. lint these prcsputive profits cannot te taken advantage of i' the around ucon Khich it is propoicJ to pb'y telosgs in law to the King.