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The Taruheru Soccer Team, winners of the Gisborne soccer championship in 1910. This team, comprising members of Nelson Bros Freezing Works at Taruheru, played on a ground maintained at the instructions of the works manager. Englishman Alfred Dewing. Charlie Whiteley was groundsman and also maintained the best turf cricket wicket in New Zealand, the wicket on which Athol Young and Len McMahon, playing for The Wanderers (D. J. Barry's Brewery team) against Taruheru, made 551 runs for two wickets (Young 275 and McMahon 226 not out!). From left, back row – Dick Hamer (manager), Arnold Jennings, "Tiny" Creighton and Charlie Whiteley. Centre row – George Minnis (treasurer), Tom Ryan, Jack Oates, George Coker and George Mathieson (secretary). Front row – Arnold Read (vice-captain), Andy Michie, Bob ("Ginger") Statham (captain), Ernie Sharpies and Alec Orr. And. with the ball – the team mascot who is none other than our contributor himself, Mr Wallie Ingram.

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Mr Ingram today.

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From Mrs Elsie Skittrup of 145 Vigor Brown Street, Napier, comes this picture of 11 Maori ladies taken at a hui at Manutuke early this century. In the postcard, which was actually purchased by Mrs Skittrup when she was teaching at the Waingake School in 1912, seven of the women have the moko. The moko (or tattoo on the chin) is a very rare sight today.