NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 174, 25 July 1928, Page 17

NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL.

THE THISTLE DISPUTE. I LOCAL ASSOCIATION COMMENDED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) i WELLINGTON, Tuesday. ' Further correspondence from the . Auckland Football Association in refer- ' cnce to the Thistle dispute was received ! by the New Zealand council to-night, and the council decided that the Auckland Association be commended on the ( fair and impartial manner in which • the dispute had been handled. i ' ' NO MORE GAMES THIS SEASON. PLAYER WHO THREATENED REFEREE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. The Otago Association, at to-night's , meeting of the Mnv Zealand Soc vt Council, reported having suspended P. ' Hall, of the Mosgiel Club, for three Snturdays for threatening a referee dur- < ing the progress of a game and for striking him after the game. The reports of the case were read over, and it was ; decided to telegraph the Otago Associa- [ tion that the council took a serious.view . of this offence 'and had decided to increase the suspension to the end of the [ season. I BROWN SHIELD GAME. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. r The secretary reported at to-night's • meeting of the New Zealand Football Association council that he had written to the North Auckland Association in 1 reference to the Brown Shield match 1 with South Auckland. The latter ! wrote that there was a big Rugby game in South Auckland on July 28 and recommended that the shield match . should not be played on that date. In • the past South Auckland had worked ; hand in hand with Rugby, and unless , that could be continued the game Would be seriously affected in the district. Under the circumstances the council did e not think it wise for the match to take i place on that date, and therefore left ; the date, August 11, for the match. The , reply was approved.