HOCKEY.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13103, 30 April 1908, Page 10

HOCKEY.

AN3TITAL MEETING OF NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION.

The annual raeetrinjg of the New Zealand Hockey Association was held on Tuesday evening in the Pioneer Club's room. Mr E. Nordon (Manawatu delegate) "was in, the chair, and the other delegates present -were:— Messrs G. E. Good and A. W. Ramkin (Canterbury), W. G. Garrard (Wellington), B. Edser (Thames), H. Goodman (Otago), A. R. Clark (Hawke's Bay), It. Goldsbarry (Wangairai), Rundle (Tara/naki), Walter Johnson (Nelson), D. Manson (West Coast), J. Murphy (Horowhenua), F. Leslie Murray (Goldfields), and T. Smith (Buller). The annual report stated that the number of ■affiliated associations 'was nineteen. The" balance-sheet showed: that the orodit balance had coneidierably decreased, chiefly owing to the purchase of a challenge shield. The total , > receipts amounted to £68 10s Id, and the expenditure to £49 4s 4d, leaving a credit balance of £19 5s 9d. The report and balance-sheet were adopted. > Mr Nordon said -that letters bad recently appeared in one of the Christchiirch papers and a circular had also Heeii issued to the de-legates oi the New Zealand Association, which he considered were directed against another delegate and himself. The circular advocated appointing a Canterbury Association "ticket" as the management committee of the New Zealand Association, but he considered the latter association should not bo .courtrolled iby one particular body if it was to control the sport throughout the I>ominioTk Theire were many ossoointioins affiliated , to the- Now Zeaia'nd Association and be fail<?dl to see why that body should bn dictated to in regard to the election.. Exception had .been taken to tilie fact that he was not a player, but ho would point out that hi* was one of the founders of , ihe Association, and, he ventured to say ho took as keen am interest in liockey -as anyone who played, the. gariw. IHo considered tliet ho. had not bewi. atI tackod openly, and in statiing ttoia ho was speaking for t'hfl executive, of which he was chairm-m. That executive, he maintained, had always conducted rts d'eliboi-atio.ns. in «. manner that would bo in the best interests of the sport. Mr Mansorv said that as president of the Canterbury Hockey Association, he wished to inform the meeting that his Association had nothing to do with the circuilaT. The incident then dropped.