FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2314, 7 June 1886, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

Tho weather •on SaturdwCras tho cauae of the matches beiiijMfe-jtponod , beUeeu the Mastevton antfWartertoa i first and second fifteens. r However, a scratch team left MaistertWby the after- 'i noon train, and went to Oart'erton in the j hopes of playing a match with the local ,; club. A team could not be got together to play the visitors, bo sides were picked, and about an huur'B practice indulged in, withtheresult. that Whatman and Cliff got injured, and were compelled to leavo tln> ground.' ',i

The return matches between the Mas- -.\ij terton and Gveytown first and' i'econd * fifteens takes place in Mastoifen on i 1 Saturday next, ' ;■• ■ *-, jj The following Te Oro Ore football ; team will play at Carterton against the Carterton team in the Junior Cup Match on Saturday next, June 12th, 1886 ;- Full back, Nini: half backs, Joe saraitiana and Rimene; quartor backs, Rangi, G. Elera and Bob Ngatuera;-forwards, R. Kingi (captain), Kara, Himiona (?), Kahu, Haka Tutohe, Waho, Dick, Karaitiana. Emergencies—Backs, Murray Brown and Tauru;. forwards, Matenga and Manaena. . . -

(To toe Editok;) Sir.—Seeing a letter signed ffltocribor v • in Thursday's paper we. .wish "contradiet the statement which appeared in it. " Subscriber" represented in his letter that we stated we wore sent rn'urid.by the Secretary of the Benevolent Society, and ,r * also that unless such subscriptiojus were made the Society would not assist tho ! poor women. We deny that suciratiate- i ment was made by either of us, ~*wm we ' said was this : That what,we "gSered would be given into the Bone'volent Society for tho benolit of the poor helpless widow and her two poor helpless children. Also that Mr D'Arcy kindly wrote out the heading of the Bubscriptiou list, There wore, only three or four $ who objected to give to us under tho plea that they were regular subscribers, all the others seemed only too willing to be able to assist the poor creature. If , " Subscriber" feels distressed at having parted with a trifling d'mation and will kindly send his name and address to us through the paper we shall only feel too glad to return his donation and replica it out of our own pockets, as we arcj, sure that money given grudgingly is bettei: not givon at all. I have no doubt that "Sub. , Ecriber" is a Christian man. and when ho reads his Bible he will road in it that "He that givoth to tho poor londeth to tho lord," also" That the Lord will always pay it back again.—We are, sc.; Mary Anns Mr*,-' Margaret TiNsimji • • Canvassers. THE RABBIT QUESTION.

(To the Editor.) ~ ■ Jk Sir,—Though 1 feel, after bo loiMa absence from the colony,,thatl mustaj%t i expect to be looked upon as a "new i chum," and therefore hardly entitled to an opinion, I cannot refrain from expressing my surprise at tho present aspect of ■ the rabbit question in the northern part i of the district, When I left tor England, rather more than four yean ago, most of ; the runs in the eastern part of Wairarap* i South were completely over-run, and the grazing capacity fearfully diminished, while in the northern part of the district ' " only a fow properties wove soverely • affected, and on the majority, rabbits had hardly _ ever been seen. Shortly before that time I had purchasud a /property in the heart of the infected distriot, so that I have had practical experience the difficulty, and how it may bo conquered. . /JL.. ;j'r I now return to find fcheWictuVe eiactly reversed, With us practically over, and runs on which hard- • Iy a blade of grass could then be sesn,. aft no\r carrying in good condition more than double the number of stock which could 1 then only exist in a half-starved state. In ■ my own case I find the ovil reduced to id / small dimensions that it is practically j ignored in the estimates of working / expenses of the station, and this on a class /' of country far more difficult to deal with ' , than most of the North Wairarapa' njjs. Yet in the face of theso facts I arrivedfind what, judging from your report of it. I may almost call a panic meeting heldlast week at Kumarau. Is not this simply acaseof callingupon "Jupiter," and would' not thi settlers do well to take the moral', of that fable to heart? I feel that-1-•• shall touch on dangerous ground if I. presume, to criticise the views exprjssed" »t that meeting, but I venture to.mako i". few_ remarks in the belief that- my j anxiety for the public good may be re*-' cegnised. What strikes mo most forcibly in the report of the meeting is that the ■' whole question seems to have bean' dealt •' with as though it were entirely a nsw one <i and the seven years exporiencaj»' the southern portion of 1 the diatrictlj&rely . ignored. Exactly the same arguments' were used, and the same crude schemes proposed, as I can well remember in the early days of our experience, and the futility of which time has clearly Bhown. Wire netting, for instance, was advocated ' • by all, and no one seems to have asked whether it has been used in tho cases where success hag been attained. Had this inquiry been made, it would have. ; been found that only in a few special' • instances has a singlo yard of it been erected, and even then it is very doubtful if it has done sufficient good to justify its cost. 1 have no hesitation in sayinft ■ that no greater waste of money can po«\. sibly be made than in using it extnnsivoly, as suggested, and should the Legislature be induced to make it a legal fence, us proposed, it will aimply succeed in ruining a ■ large number of struggling settlers who '" cannot afford the eipense. May I ask, what have tho Inspectors been about not ;U to have mastered all tho. facts,'land impressed upon all the proper course of « action? Thoy are supposed to visit every part of the district, so should be abl» to givo the best possible .information and advice, based upon actual ., .' thoir knowledge. Judging, : from your report of tho recent caseinspector v Andrews," it; appears that Inspectors think it iB no. part of their duty to teach what should be done, but merely to refuso to be "satiatkV,' that "efficient steps have been taken." Surely this is a mistaken view, for it must be quite as desirable to teach tho system of killing rabbits as of curing scab.- We all know how that stream was allowed to spread till Inspectors taught the settlers how tocure it, in many cases actually taking thefe -, control.with thoir own hands. TheA' success they have attained by this means ' points to the wisdom of adopting a similar course with regard to rabbits. -.. ■ j AH our experience proves that 'the ■ course of action is a most simple one. Steady determination in poisoning, 'with the utmost care to do it properly, followed by the introduction of natural enemies in sufficient numbers, is certain to succeed, The only assistance any settler should look for, is that tho.lnspectors should- do their duty in compelling all to do thoir best simultaneously.—l am, etc,, C PharazyNi f.S.-I have, omitted, to say that in England, I have been able to study another phase of the rabbit questiorJSl have found them on some propSßg there quite as bad as in New Zealand simply because all their.enemies are.car* ; '' fully.destroyedas"vermin,"andtheyar9 • A allowed to breed unmolested. Does nbl thU show the result of destroying their '"■ enemies, and prove convinoingly,.that m-1 • ought to introduceand. t|totuas:tii*i >' : '