Turner talks on fine

Press, 20 May 1987, Page 72

Turner talks on fine

PA \ Wellington The suspended soccer player, Grant Turner, yesterday spoke with Miramar club officials over his refusal to pay a $5OO fine imposed on him by the New Zealand Football Association. The club had deferred any action until its appeal of the sentences is heard by the national association at a council meeting later this week. Turner was fined and placed on a 10-week suspension after a conviction in an Auckland court for damaging a vehicle be-

longing to ..the national coach, Kevin Fallon. Miramar - was also placed on a WOO good behaviour bond. Turner’s refusal toi pay the fine raises the possibility that the former international may not-be allowed to return to the game. Miramar’s club president, lan Wells, would not speculate on whether , the club would be prepared to pay the fine for Turner. ’’That’s hypothetical? Mr Wells said. “We’ll wait to hear the decision of our appeal and assess matters from there.”

General forecast: Unsettled throughout New Zealand. District forecasts: Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Buller, Westland: Cool southerlies, fresh at times, periods of rain.

Tomorrow: Clearing slowly. Extended range forecast to Sunday: Becoming fine, with moderate westerlies. Showers developing again by Sunday on the West Coast.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. ' Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1005.1 1005.5 Temperature: . i deg. Maximum (to 6 pjn.) ... 13 RaMalf: \ mm. . 9 a.nt to 11 p.m.. . .'.. trace To date this month .... 13 To date this year 247 To date last year ~.... 284 Average to date ... . . . 257 Average for May .... . 70 Wettest May (1959). . . 198 Driest May (1960)..... 13 SuMhino: hrs Yesterday nil hr min To date this month .... 104 To date this year 940 To date last year ..... 956 Average for May'?..... 125 Humidity: b Per cent at noon .'. ... 95 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 90 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 12 deg, minimum 9 deg, grass 7 deg, rainfall 7mm. SUN, MOON,' AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.41 a.m.; sets, 5.11 pm. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.42 sets, 5.10 p.m. ' <-.■ ' Moot—Today: Rises, —; sets, I. p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 12.13 am.; sets, 2.07 pm. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 1023 am. and 10,49 pm. Tomorrow: 11.19 am and 11. pm. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of the Moon Last quarter today. New moon: May 28. First quarter June 5. »- Full moon: June 12. t

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 18deg., cloudy, N.E., 7 knots. Wellington; 17deg, showers, N.k, 10 knots. Christchurch: lldeg., drizzle, S.W., 14 knots. Dunedin: 9deg., rain, E., 9 knots. ' WORLD WEATHER < Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 9, 15; Brisbane, 10, 22; Canberra, —2, 16; Darwin, 24, 31; Hobart, 4, 13; Melbourne, 10, 14; Perth, 5, 20; Sydney, 10, 19. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam; 4, 12; Athens, 15, 30; Bahrain, 27, 36; Bangkok, 29, 35; Beirut,' 17, 28; Belgrade, 12, 24; Berlin, 5, 18; Bermuda, 20, 24; Bogota, 8,19; Brussels, 2, 14; Buenos Aires, 11, 15; Cairo, 17, 33; Calgary, 3, 18; Chicago, 11, 32; Copenhagen, 4, II; Denpasar, 23, 31; Dublin, 5, 14; Frankfurt, 6, 15; Geneva, 1, 13; Helsinki, 8, 13; Hong Kong 23, 24; Honolulu, 20, 20; Islamabad, 18, 35; Istanbul, 14, 28; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 20, 32; Johannesburg 7, 22; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 17, 24; Lisbon, 12, 18; London, 9, 13; Los Angeles, 17,24; Madrid, 10,16; Manila, 25,37; Montevideo, 10, 15; Montreal, 12, 17; Moscow, 14,25; New Delhi. 24, 37; New York, 15, 31; Oslo, 8, 11; Peking, • 12, 24; Rome, 5, 41; San Francisco, IL 18; San Juan, 24, ; 31; Seoul, 8, 22; Singapore, 25, 32; Stockholm, 7, 10; Taipei, 20, 23; Tel Aviv, 17, 26; Tokyo, 17, 24; Toronto, 13, 30; Vancouver, 6. 16; Vienna. 12,22; Warsaw, 8,15.