I toulcl go on and deal with the hub bub that, was laised agaanst the Wel- Jington and Otago Unions foi the hos pitalrU shown to the New South Wales team but that would bo too long a ston. Thine is a lot of othei little things, too, that, could be written about but I have no doubt they will be tJioi oughh \emtilated at the annual meeting next week. The cad o\ the matter is tins A change is w anted and that badh r lhe New Zealand Union ought to gne a load on all matters of pohev to the affil iated unions, and in lecominenchng Mi. A C N orris foi the office of secietary I ha\e no hesitation in saving that the duties piei taming to that position will bt well and fa.ithfulh cairied out b^ him if elected He has a fine concep tion of what the New Zealand I mon should be, he know- the laws of the game- a,s well if not bottoi , than am one who could be named and is m clo«-e con tact with the plaMiig aiena because ot the mam inteipi o\ mcial matches in which ho has acted a^ lefeiee On the othei hand, Mi De Costa would not be known iv football cucles it it did not happen that he. was secietaiv of the New Zealand Union Ho lias not of recent \ears, been known amount plaveis. and I doubt if many ot the officials even know lum b\ sight and ho has never set up to be an authority on the lules of the game Mr De Costa has earned out the duties of the office conscientiously enough according to his lights, but I am of the opinion that under his g™da»cP the New- Zealand Union has not fulfilled the objects for which it was instituted. If ho decides to retire, I would be one ot the first to advocate a pieeentation to him for his services, but. 