FOOTBALL IN THE STREETS.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4418, 1 June 1909, Page 3

FOOTBALL IN THE STREETS.

(To the E litor.) Sir, —P •rinit me a few words on the above subject. On Saturday morning last three boys were engaged in footba 1 in Churjh-street. At tLe same time the young mail carrier was delivering the morning letters. As he cantered along towards the creek bridge the ball swiftly and reekless’y kicked in bis direction, alighted on the horse’s withers, with the result that it plunged with such violence as tofuneeat its rider, who fell to the grounl, scattering the contents of bis mail bug. This was not the end. The horse gallopped off. At the farther end of the bridge stood two small childion, one a mere baby. Fortunately they were not alone (as little children so often ai ein Church-street). An older child was wth thorn, who had the presence of mind to quickly draw tho litt’e ones out of the way, and stand before them. Here weio the elements of a serious accident, providentially averted. Football in the'streets should be put down with drastie strictness. Let the boys fiud a spot for their play where there is no traffic. This game of football seems so all-absorbing that nothing else matters. A quarter of a minute’s hesitation before the ball wasfeickd in that direction would have prevented the accident of Saturday. —I am, etc., An Eye witness.