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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 July 1940, Page 8

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.. -i. CARTERTON BEAT HAS! rft.—o’. EXCELSIOR CONTINUE IN WINNING FORM. The Wairarapa Hockey Associations continued their championship games on Saturday afternoon in fine weather, when some interesting play was again witnessed. RESULTS AT A GLANCE SENIOR MEN. Carterton 2, Hastweils 1. Wesley 7, Dalefield 3. JUNIOR MEN. Old Boys 6, Carterton 1. Dalefield 1, Greytown 1. Wesley a bye. THIRD GRADE MEN. Carterton 4, Wairarapa College B 2. Scouts 5, Old Boys 1. Wairarapa College A 4, Wesley 4. SENIOR LADIES. Excelsior 8. Wairarapa College B 0. Greytown 1, Wairarapa College A 0. Te Ore Ore 4, Carterton 1. College Old Girls 3, Kia Ora 3. JUNIOR LADIES. Wairarapa College A 2, Wairarapa College B 0. Carterton B 5, Wairarapa College C 0. Carterton A 2, Featherston 1. Excelsior 7, Martinborough 1. SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP CARTERTON v HASTWELLS. A GOOD, FAST GAME. As was expected a good, fast game was played by the Carterton and Hastweils elevens on Saturday at Lansdowne. These teams have now met on three occasions. On the two previous occasions Hastweils had shown great determination but on Saturday this was lacking to some extent, whereas Carterton had the dash and their defence was sound. The game commenced at a hot pace

The game commenced at a hot pace which was maintained almost throughout, the ball travelling from end to end of the field. The Carterton goalie made a good save after about five minutes’ play. Shortly after Carterton were awarded a penalty corner but no advantage was gained. Hastweils then set up a hot attack and Worthington just missed the net. Offside play by the same player spoiled another favourable opportunity to score. Carterton then had a turn at attacking, from which Jackson opened the score with a good goal. Carterton continued to press the Hastweils defence and on two occasions were dangerous. Offside play by A. Fisher and shortly after obstruction by Jackson robbed their side of good chances when in scoring positions. Play in the latter part of the spell was exceptionally fast. Half-time was called with the score Carterton 1, Hastweils 0. On resuming Hastweils set up a strong attack but the Carterton defence held, the goalie making a very good save at the corner of the net. Continuing to attack, Hastweils were successful in goaling after 8 minutes’ play when Gyde found the net with a good shot from a difficult angle. Carterton 1, Hastweils 1. Play became a little hard at this stage with Hastweils still attacking. An unfortunate incident occurred which necessitated the ordering off of a Carterton player. Playing a man short, Carterton turned to the attack and were giving the Hastweils defence a trying time. Their determination was rewarded when five minutes before time A. Fisher scored a good goal, putting his side ahead. Hastweils made a desperate attempt to even up the score but were unable to penetrate the defence. Just before time Carterton went through to the Hastweils circle and K. Goodin had a shot but missed. Time was called with the score Carterton 2. Hastweils 1. Messrs Moor and Hayne were the umpires. WESLEY v DALEFIELD. EASY WIN FOR WESLEY. Wesley and Dalefield met at Carterton on Saturday. Wesley securing a win from a fairly weak Dalefield team. Dalefield have been in an unfortunate position in this round, their usual team being depleted by injured players and sickness. Although Wesley had an easy win and played good hockey, territorially the game was fairly even. The final score was Wesley 7, Dalefield 3. Messrs J. Fisher and L. Gallon were the umpires. POSITIONS OF TEAMS. CARTERTON IN THE LEAD. The positions of the teams in the senior men’s competition at the end of the third round are as follow: — Won. Lost. Drawn. Points.

and k: ii . ma..J ,the. lific husbands in the Dominio,. ing to recently released figure piled by the Government Statis . from data obtained at the 1936 census. Married men in these occupations alone of the paekha population average more than two children apiece. In this, however, the Maori father puts the pakeha to shame; the Maori father averages 2.63 children, the pakeha only 1.28. The figures are based on the numbers of dependent children —under the age of 16 years. They give, however, an accurate survey of the parental position. It is remarked that the outdoor occupations rank very high in the realm of fatherhood, whereas professional men, clerical, and business men, are well below the Dominion average. Among the professions whose workers are rated above the Dominion average are military or war pensioners. engine-drivers and firemen, bushmen, slaughtermen, tram conductors, fishermen, farm hands, farmers, policemen and detectives. Despite the legend of wives in every port, the sailor ranks relatively low; married deckhands average 11 children each, while master mariners and mates average 1.24. At the bottom ol the list are oldaged pensioners and retired persons (whose children of course are in most cases no longer de.pendent), dentists, land agents, tailors, gardeners, and | nurserymen, poultry-farmers, clerks, I and commercial travellers. All these ) average less or little more than a child to each husband in the profession concerned. One Auckland widower recorded that he had 16 dependent children. This was the Dominion's biggest family, all of whose members were under 16. Wellinton took second place with two families of 14 children. Thirteens and dozens were comparatively common.

The highest average number of children is that of fathers whose incomes are below £260 a year. A large number of children, however, have incomes of their own; more than 13,000 have incomes of more than £52 a year —a pound a week; but there are only a dozen children in the Dominion with incomes of more than £207, and only three with incomes of £360 or more.

The average number of children supported by Maori husbands is higher than that of European New Zealanders; they average 2.63. Whereas of the pakeha population more than one half the married men had no children under 16. less than 15 per cent of the Maoris were in this predicament. So the Maori average is higher even than that of the roadman, railwayman or share milker.

Carterton 7 1 1 15 Hastwells 6 Zj 1 13 Dalefield 2 7 — 4 Wesley 2 7 — 4