ATHLETIC NOTES. FOOTBALL.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 253, 7 April 1888, Page 5

ATHLETIC NOTES. FOOTBALL.

Wellington,! April 5. A Mil tjnt; of the Wellington Rugby Union to-nioii , decided to accede to the lequesl vi iheeditoi oi the "Football Annual ' in id Auckland to .supply p«ii ticulars of last -ea*on > matches m thio city. A letter wdb lend from Mr Lillyuhite, who is now in llni-tchuich, Mating that the English team would arnve in Wellington instead, ot Lhinedin a~, expected, and asking wheihei 1 ihe tiint match m ]SS 7 e\s' Zealand could be p ayed heie on Wednesday, 25th n^t , thiee \\eek> hence. It was iesol\cd lo nifoi in him that theie wah no objection to t ho jicimo being hxed ior that date, but that the Union would preier to play on Satuida}, the 28th. Dave Gage, at one time an Auckland player, leaves here :n a lew days to join Warbrick's Maori team at Napier.

Auckland, April 5. The Cup Committee ot the Auckland Rugby Union held a meeting last evening, w hen it was decided that the Cup matches Miould .stai ton the 21s-t mst. It was suggested that two Satuiduys should be de\oted to j 'laying Club mutches, and two to practice matches, lor the RepresentutivD intteen that ].-> to play the Englishmen on the 19th of May. The Otago Kugby Uniun have Maitci their i-ea&on a\ ith practice mati'ht.l loi tl.c purpose of choosing their ■ ¥ iLp team, and the rri b one was played Li-t ."Satuidaj week. A la: gel v attended meeting was held last month in Tan ua Public Hall to take s'eos to roun a too^ball club there, under the Auckland ftugb} Union Rules. The following officer* weiG elected :— President, Mr \\ m. Meadly ; Vice Piesidents, JNlebsrs C. J. \\ indei, W .1. Goirie, and H. Laycock ; cMptain, Mr George \V. Shielb (late diatton); .-ecretary and trea&uier, Mr H. 15. \\ iKon ; committee, Messrs W. Smith (late (Jraiton), l(. Maynaid (la^e North Mioie), C. B. Turner (late Wanganui). Some 30 membert- have joined, the majority ot w hom aie players, including a number h'om (Jiaiton, \Vanoa, and other clubs. The wa» settled at 5s foi the t^ea^on The colour^ are to be maroon 10) "50% and .stocking?. The club has had two piactice matches, and several of the pla\ei> have shown Aery fair form already.

AquaticsMr Cilwaul Pixon, the representative di a ,-\ ndicate ot Wellington \acbtsmen, aimed m Auckland la-t .Sunday, torthe p\upo-e of making ariangements for ihe puichaj-e or building oi a fasfc \ iclu. It v. as at tii st- proposed to *bu> t lie do Me Lng'in, but negotiation- in that dnection ha\e not come to anything. Mr Dixon obtained iMmiau'S and speeilicati n-s from Mr Logan, ot ti)f iN oi th t>hoie, foi three ditieient sized }aciit>, allot them to be " speelcr* "' and able to beat an\ thing in Wellington, and ho also obtained estimates irom Mr Bailey for n yacht a class larger than the Manola. Noticing definite has been settled yet. but it is certain that an oider ior a yacht to cost at least £200 will be oi\en to an Auckland yacht- builder. The Waitema a Boating Club were the recipients last night ot a handsome banner fiom Mr Endean, of the Waiiemata Hotel. The banner is two feet squaie, made of silk, and in the cenire in gold is worked the letters W.8.C., while in the four corners 1885, 6, 7, 8, appear in blue silk, these being the years in which the Waiteirata Club ha\e won the Champion Whaleboat Race. The banner ib heavily ornamented with gold fringe, and presents a very handsome appearance.

Waitekauiu, April 4. Ei'Lir^R. Mr Hairy Scene, owner of this mine, Irealed about one hundredweight of btulYhibt ueelc for the handsome return of nine ounces molted q- Id, value £2 17s per ounce, and theie is more f>tuff of the same sort m sight.

Sir (ieorge Grey has very generously purchased the following lare and valuable book^- trotn Mr H. Sh.iw, and sent (hem to th Fiee Public Library : — Original edition of " Lhingstones Travels," printed in 1857. War Books, black letter, 1510. Thit> volume contains notes of cases decided in the Law Courts ot that remote time, dining the Wars ot the Ro&es. "Orlando Furiobo," by Ariosto, printed at Venice in 1637. " History of the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards ;" done into English from the original Spanish of Don Antonio de Solis, 1724. " Charles bhe First — B-isiliska : The Wcrks of King Charles the Martyr " (included in the book is the famous Eiken Ba«ilika, 1687 ; " A Short View of the Late Troubles in England,'" 1681 : " Tiavels in Africa and Asia," by T. Herbert, Esq., 1638, with cuiious pictures; "The Irish History," composed and wiibten by Gitaldua Cambtiensi-, translated into English by John Hooker, and dedicated to Sir Walter Raleigh ; " Voyage de La Perouse," 1799, two volumes ; Atlas dv Voyage de h^ \ Pei'ousc.