AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 128, 22 February 1908, Page 6

AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

v- V' .f-V ' HUTT VALLEY MEETING. .A'meeting of the ' Wellington Centre, Now Zealand Amateur .Athletic - Association, was held last night, Mr.:R. W. M'Villy occupying "tho chair. '■ . Tho lion.- secretary' of the Hutt Valley A.A.A. wrote asking the Centre to define" tho duties of its-. local; officer, as a -dispute had arisen as to the'action of Mr. Coffey at the rccenfc; meoting..--'After considerable''discussion,- it was resolvedv.onv-.'the motion : of : Mr. 'Dawson, that -tbofwritersbo 'informed that, tho .local .officer;; acts ..under' Rule 5 of tho N.Z.AiA.A. and Rule'lX ton Control that he ; his;_ho,' right ;to interfere. with tho judgeofari; £.'event; and that Mr. ,Co'ffoy,' ; was'. not..; assistirig. in .the,- judging 'of : 'tho .tug-of-war .as . loca.l ofßcer.' but 'as a .private tha£Mf. RixTroit/had: Tequ4st6d 'him .'..to;'help*' hLm," and not with' any,*...desire i|t«i;interfere^ith;;tho, : judges. • Permission was granted " to : the following, clubs ,'.tp • hold mort.s ; meetings:. as'ujid er .:'T-J?ort'.; Nicholson ;Welliiigtbri and'Huit'-Valley .Clubs K March 4 j jYiM.C.A., March 11. ' '.. •C ~: >• ' .'.The Centre, agreed that the .'question 'of the travelling, expenses of-the; Wellington mombers . of tho' team, which' is, representing,' the tjominioi} at tho Australasian- championships be held over until „the[_ return.,of ..the; team ;; ., .? ' It;'was revived/ tbivt" a' that' tho Centre;hold all;its;afternoori meet■iijgs on the Basin Reserve be rescinded,; and jjiat. clubs be invited to/make; application- for. datos. ■ 1 ■, - ; ..Tho treasurer; reported that the,'Centre ( had. dofrayed : the. 'cost ;of ;.sending Sharp© to Hobart. Strong.' feeling oii. tho"' subject expressed.. .The Chairman, strongly; objected .to the insinuationof, : a^-delegate . that", the 'funds :of the 'Centre . had :been used. The; matter will.bo. ~discussed\ at a, special meeting on.Friday.'next. ■