TENUI NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4673, 19 March 1894, Page 2

TENUI NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

Exit cricket, eater football I Lively times are anticipated tln'g swaaou !>y the followers of the latter game. They m'e looking forward with pleasure to the.times when they will ho rolling iu mud, thick enough'to be sorupi-d off with a mud scraper;. the receiving ami giving sundry kicks on tender places in the spirit of" Frwly lye have received, freely give," to visiting oar looal stores for'sticking placer to conceal their wounds and enhance their looks; to the time when they cau yell at each other like Indians on the warpath for delinquencies committed either in error.or stupidity, and, ah, one must not forget it, to the time when they can don that jaunty cap with a tasseljthat must have plenty of play to wag üboul, a muffler of Bill Sykes pattern round the neck (a hull dog neck) a jersey with a star or New Zealand fern or a design, of the favourite flowers of the "kickers" loved one and worked by her delicate fingers, so that he will be inspired to rush madly on either to death, I was going to say, well, broken limbs or glory, whatever glory one oan see in it, The knickers, one would think, could well be obtained by cutting a pair of old oast off pants down, must have a stripe down to relieve the colour, and, oh ye Soots, must not extend, much below ithe knee, the kilt would be freer .still to play in. So madly does he rush about in the first spell, that his thirst must be slacked by sucking a lemon, wiiioh is nearly as hard fought for as the possession of the hall.

Our local players He getting ready for the fray, and are eager to try their, strength in the field, Three oluba are formed this season, the Whareama and two"maiden" ones, East Ooaat and Manawa-Annedule. The first matoh is fixed for Good Friday between Whareama and ManawaAnnedale, It is to be played in Mr Maunsell's paddock, which he kindly lends to the club every season. Tlie team to represent Wha* roama nill be chosen from the following! Oliver, Street, Elder, Owen (4), A, Speedy, Gregg, Cameron (3), A. Byrne, Nicholis (2), Maile, 8,. Maunsell, and Bolt, The East Coast comprises some really good players, three of them, Vennell, A. Stuart,and F. Johnston are well-known to Mas> terton players j Fisher,an ox-Dunedin Pirate man man is a strong forward, and Tully, a Whakitakiman, is good in the scrum. Manawa-Annedale rely on Dalzeil, Skeet, Grant, Martin, Mcintosh, Peck, and Dumareaq to uphold their bauner in the field.

It has been ■ suggested that the three clubs compete fqrjhe championship of the Cashpoint District, nnd, no doubt, Borne lovers of the game who have spare cash would subscribe for a trophy,

Excitement runs high here as to the result of the Licensing Election, ' fear being Expressed that one or two ■ hotels will be closed. They are pretty I Boattered at present, the nearest one i bring Grassendiile seven miles from i Tenui. The Act no doubt would be of greater use in towns or centres of population than in the country, What > is wanted in the country is not so ■ much the closing of the pubs as imi proved accommodation and the sale ' of good liquor. Some of the stuff one obtains in country pubs jb nothing less than a concoction of poison, and 1 exceedingly injurious to the system, It is not necessary for a man to gei drunk before be realises a shocking weakening of his vital powers, as one h or two glasses' of liqnor of any kind is enough—one could say more than enough-lo slupefyshim, Travellers on. the road must have refreshment, and it is scandalous they cannot call for.a glass of something without running the risk of being nearly burnt alive, The appointment of inspeotora to sample the. liquor would greatly mitigate the evil of drunkenness, Extremes are always to be avoided, and if the pubs are closed the last evii may beworse than the firßt, Temperance advocates are always aiming aUxtreraea, and have not yet produced a scheme, that will meet the approval ,of ; 'the" moderate drinkers, who outnumber the drunkards, and who. should be considered-' better judges than the extreme party'. Coffee palaces on a large and luxurious scale were- ereoted by temperance men in "Australia : and osher countries witii the-objsot of offering a strong opposttibri to;thciliqubi'hotels] but they did not-pay.;: attractive, and to keep" in step with the time, t« making money, they took but licenses, then they paid. The human race has a craving for something that excites and stimulates, What is that something to be ? The maa, oc men who can produce it in a harmless form will confer a lasting blessing, Perhaps we are groping $r it, though slowly,., ■*