ONLOOKER'S VIEWPOINT.
CYCLISTS AND COLOURS,
Mr. L. Wilson, secretary of the Manukau Amateur Cycle Club, writes on similar lines to a recent note by Mr. Brewin (president of the club) in reference to our report of the conspicious and various colours sported by cyclists at the Labour Day sports. He says: "Uniformity in colours among cyclists, other than in New Zealand championships, whet* all provinces are represented, is discountenanced. Different colours are encouraged to be worn, for the obvious reason that the colours worn by jockeys av horse race meetings are varied." Mr. Wilson goes on to state that an arrangement had been made to have the key to the colours printed on the programme, but this necessary part of the system had been omitted through a printer's error; hence the misunderstanding. Mr. Wilson adds that thie system k in rogue generally in Nw
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19281109.2.111
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 266, 9 November 1928, Page 9
Word Count
144ONLOOKER'S VIEWPOINT. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 266, 9 November 1928, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in