The Daily News FRIDAY, NAY 10.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 10 May 1907, Page 2

The Daily News FRIDAY, NAY 10.

A number of letters to tlio editor commercial news, and oilier matter, tppear on ihe fourth page.

The third Wednesday in each month lias been lixed as tlie dale J'or the Western I'ark euehre parties at South mad. Tin' next; of these popular lixtures lakes place on Wednesday ue\L "A Casual'' write*: "In tin* l;A>;t paragraph of my lelter printed in your Wednesday's issue. I must have omitted a line whieh obscures t h<> sense. Alter the v.onls tiood enough to win upon,' 1 had intended to put: 'We must raise i lit' cry of 'Freehold for Crown tenants. 5 That will explain the sentence." Pending completion of '.he earthwork, the Western Park football ground is a little short. Thnv is. too. rather a short distance from the go.il to \leadball line, particularly at the souihern end, when' the clay bank is Inn a few feet- from the corner flag". Of course, when the ground is completed there will 1)0 ample room, and the controlling conimitu'c are certainly deserving ot congratulition for ihe advanced state of the work. Many of the general public expressed. the. opinion yesterdiy that to get sufficient space behind the goal posts it will bo necessary to liave a new entrance made. The chairman of the Board, however, says this will not be necessary, and advises critics to wait until the earthwork is complete.. The hour was 7.30 p.m., and the place a small country township known as Oakura. A party had just arrived after a long drive, and been met by leading residents. The rain began to fall steadily, and those gathered together betook themselves to the only available shelter —the local hostelry. Jt proved a congenial company, and soon one and another regaiicd those present with a fund of song and story. There was no discordant note. High and low had met on a camniou footing. Old veterans who had borne the heat and toil of the day were there, as were many of thcir*juniors, and they gave of their best, much of it genuine wit and humor, which was called forth by the skill of a masterhand, one whose heart beat in unison and sympathy with worthy colonists who have helped to make New Zealand what it is to-day, one who enjoys a reputation amongst his fellows for knowing and appreciating pure gold at its proper worth whatever the garb in which it be clothed. Everywhere within that habitation was true enjoyment combined with order and decorum. And the time sped, the hour for departure was past, yet everyone was loathe to separate and ultimately did so with evident regret. Outside the hostelry another scene was being enacted. A single light was approaching from the city, and soon a young man deposited himself from a bicycle on the verandah. lie

wore an inquisitive look, lie approached the company. There was a genuine welcome on every face, yet be accepted it not. lie preferred to stand aloof. L'or what purpose no one was interested enough in him 1 o tare, otherwise he might have learnt that Uritish communities do not appreciate self-constituted eavesdroppers, ami they certainly resent misrepresentation of innocent enjoyment. Th»» scene was one, happily, to be witnessed any day in the merry homes of England, where men and women can for a time, even if it be only for a brief period, throw oil' dull care and share and appeciative the lighter side of nature. What evil genius is it then that makes sour and unresponsive units resent other people's happiness and seek not only to belittle it, but to hold it up to ridicule. i>y those who knew the circumstances, such paltrvness can only be treated with utter contempt and scorn, while it will not deceive those who have the faculty to estimate human qualities at their true worth. .