COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS ALTERED.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18096, 11 June 1924, Page 13

COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS ALTERED.

SPORTS CLUB IMPOSED UPON

' At last night's meeting of the Canterbury Sports Club the secretary produced" eight complimentary tickets which had been sent out inviting attendance at the boxing contests, prior to those held recently. In nearly, every case the date had been altered sufficiently well to pass the scrutiny of the door-keeper. Three of the offenders. however, had been apprehended, and he hoped that something wouid be done in the matter. . The chairman: I certainly thrak some action should be taken to prevent a recurrence. t. a A member said that one man _ iiaa gained admission on trotting club s ticket, which happened to be of the same colour and size as the others. The chairman: That man oertainly deserved to get S© was at wast an optimist. The secretary related several recent experiences he ,had had with applicants for complimentary tic lite ts. On one occasion al man had applied ifor a ticket as secouß for his son, who was entered in one of the preliminaries. He gave him two. Subsequently the _ bov's brother came in and he also obtained a ticket. The next thing was an application from the boy for a ticket, he denying, that either his father or brother had received tickets.

Mr Coffey pointed out that the tickets under discussion had been issued for the May meeting, but had not been used. They had been held over until June, and then acted upon after the dates had been altered. • Mr Jones suggested that a way out of the difficulty in the future might be to change the colour of the tickets for each meeting. The chairman: "Well, art* we going to do anything with regard to the offenders?

Mr Jones: I think that they should be brought before the committee and asked to account for their action.

Tho chairman: At the next meeting of the committee. Mr Talbot: I don't think we should wait that long. It was decided that the persons responsible be written to asking them to appear before the committee at a special meeting on Monday.