FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7998, 8 December 1905, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

NEW ZEALAND V. CHELTENHAM. ANOTHER WIN. Received December 7, <J.SS a.m. Loxcox, December 6. Seven Ihoasand ] 'ople attended the match at LVltenhn u. There was lovely weather. Roberts (Wellington) secured a try within 8 minutes of the start, ami Abbott (Turanaki) secured a couple of tries before half tim:\ Harper (Canterbury) converting all three by brilliant kicks. In the second half very even play took place, Cheltenham being in fine form with good defence. Abbott secured a further try, f cr half an hour's play, which Harper failed to convert. The game ended New Zealand 18 Cheltenham o

The results of the matches ptayod are as follows Mate*. rts. f#r. Us. arst. Cornwall (ti 41 g Bristol 4! 0 Northampton ..." 33 6 Mid<H«s« 1 34 e Durham jg 3 Hartlepool ... gg „ Northumberland 81 0 Gloucester 44 q Scmerset 22 0 Devouport Albion' 21 3 Midland Counties 1 21 5 Blackhsattt 82 a Sur rey 11 0 Oxford 47 0 Cambridge ... 14 e Richmond 17 a Bedford ' 0 Scotland 12 7 West of Scotland 22 0 Irelaiul 15 e Munster 33 q England 15 0 C'helter'um 18 0 A XEW ZEAJLAN'DERS IMPRESSIONS.

Mr S. Whltta Thornton, F.C.1.8. formerly of -Velson, who has just r<> A', l J fr " m a s « v 'on months' trip to the Old Country, saw the \<<w Zea lan.lcrs play against Cornwall, L«-i----liv^ 1 " Mr '^omton >. W ' th ,hc Ncw Zt-alamlers at the Monch-stor Hotel, London, aiKj in couisc of conversation with a ro ptesentatlve cf a contemporary tha other day said that what .struck hin. most about the team was the exceedingly pure amateur wav n which they wore conducting (ho whole tour He instanced the case of the Middlesex Mich, when tho New Z{.- U la«ier s walked two ni'los and travelled thij-d----c ass on the underground railwav to the ground. "Xo .one,': added Mr Thornton, hut workmen with their ricks ami shovels would think ol trav. llmg thiwt- class at Homo. Jn (- \ repeated tee performance aft.r the match, when they were prvttv well fnsgid out. The expenses are kept Hown \tc the lowest , M >ssil>lt> margin. No English team would tlrenm i:T travelling third-class on expenses. ] t not a 9 if t . ho money at Home was not good. J( is very good. They . imply seem to he making monev for the X'.Z.R.iv

(n answer to further questions, 111 I horn I oil sa kl : "'Hie Maorilamlers Ploy a more willing game-I „, C ai, a harder game—than most of tho Eiw *>*' l they throw a man -wd . they throw him. The Kiiglusl, cro«-d s arc very impartial ,i ra their praiso of the colonials. In fact, \,. w „ awj ia !in very good wlour at Homo just now, more so than any other colony. Yes, 1 know something about AVelsh football. I an. absolutely sure (that there is no team in Wales that iWill Vat tho ew Zealanders, The Welsh threequarters are as good, if not better, than Mfturilan<h»rs, Jut the WcNft forwards cannot hold a candle to 1! j New Zealand vanguaid It was generally recog-niscd when I was at Hdine that jthe linnlest game wouM lie against Scrtlund The ni-Mch against Wales will n ,, ar so har:l as ihat contest. 'ITn-re is only one point at which the Horn* teams can beat New Zjealaml. and that is in place kicking. The iihvfique of the Home teams i.- ' .-ui'te etjUal to that of tile a : e rs but Its boys from he-,. „ : !,v-ir masters in skill, das-hing p |„ formation* individual olay, e '

t.rrx>sf l!ooih i writes to an exDumdiniie now resident in Vetlington '•Thinking pos,H>ly ai up frcin lIW Jjfcwists' fron 'down umler r, iol. 'be amiss, I write ninn to a :,n.'hvr aPVaper chat you w ' i laV (> X ftf of our progress in llrii .j„. 'So iar our fellows have not 11 n uh •>- 'DM i,' t'\<vpt ppihaps against Devon. The st.vl,- of ;la , Iwe so far <s, I think, infciioi. ;t,i Austral an form, ami below .Yew /calami intcrProWnciul. Wallace nr.d Hunter aru our two stars, and arc both in clink, ing form. All tho men arc agreeing well, le"vl so far nothing lias occurred to disturb our happy homestead. Dixon and Duncan are giving us a very vipjn hand, and it has not llevu abused; In fad, many |oi us only growl at m.-t -having enough plaving. Wo arc gtning keen already on the Welsh fixtures, and intend to 'bung it in !' Roberts is playirtg consistently well in every match. Wo ar« all speculating on your ideas and thoughts of our doings, and hope lo keep our record up." As show ng iwhat a good advertisemeirt to this colony the tour „( th« Mow 7jvaJumt foot-but 1 team in the I nitcd Kingdom is likely to be, in> quote the following letter published Daily Mirror of n recent (la(I : —'•'■ Your apt; remark that the New Zealnndcrs' football tour ha* caught ill is widely supported bv many of these who usually enthuse over the game. Tilt athletic appearance ami manly bearing of the team, combined with their principle to always play the game, account largely for the attention given them. If these mm ace tile true New Zealand t.vj>e. ' great temptation present* itself lo Englishmen to emigrate to this more free, more vigorous, true llritaiii ot the South." t Striking evidence of the deterioratir n of the British race has Mvn supplied by a largo <|Uanlily of. human bones discovered in an mi- : ciiiit charnei house nt Hover. Hi j J'\ t!. Tarsons, K.lt.f.s., who vx-' aniiiKil the boijes, states I hat they represents! some .">OO bodies, and were more than 100 years old. lie had never seen a large collection of skulls with such perfect teeth. ThiJ bones were 1 Ikise of a sturdy race ofj people, with an -average height great. rr than that erf the persons buried in! the London plague pus whith he had examine, |

Since legislation was enacted authorising the organisation ef national banks in small towns in America, with an individual capital of X.VJOO,' there lias been a grea(|- increase of such bunks. The very remarkable prosperity of this country during tile last ,eight years ly, ls also stimulated the organisation of banks with larger capital, so that i the banking interest oi the eon itry has fully douhli-dl during thai period. Authentic figures show thf growth "of the circulation o n.-lional bankslsince 19(H) has been fi ti:i----2(10,(KlO to £i)."),fi()(l,(l()(). 1 ii.| on (lovernment bonds, or a! t £1(1000.000 per annum. ' I

A score of men attacked ilv villa of an Knglish manufacture. ! named llriggs, part owner of Uriggs and I'osselt's spinning mills, near Warsaw, during the recent disturbances. The assailants first shot and killed three policemen who were guarding Mr Ilriggs' factory, and then went up to the villa. Mrs Ilriggs was stand llg in the doortvny, and the men, pointing the revolver* r.t V-r. 4 h:t she should ca ; l tier hufiiiand. This the lndy courageously refused to do, and then retired. A few minutes later, and without atiy warning, they threw a bomb, which damaged the flf[a, and seriously wounded the They then matte ofl, ...