THE ATHLETIC SPLIT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 423, 4 February 1909, Page 6

THE ATHLETIC SPLIT.

.;• : , toy TEMaBAPB— riiEss AssoorATioK.) •'••■ . - .; . ': ; ;: Chr!stchureh, ; February 3. -, At a .meeting' of: the Council of •■the New Zealand -Amateur Athletic- ■ Association' tonight.a letter was read - from the hon. secretary oL the Australasian Athletic Union to the effect that he bad Tecejved; a letter from a body with headquarters at Wellington, and claiming to goyern'amateur afcliletics in the Dominion, which, had been, appointed at a conference held: in , Christchurch. In the circumstances the executive: of the union had :sent a copy.of the letter to the affiliated associations m Australia, and "had'asked them to instruct the executive how to proceed. It was decided to'reply expressing surprise that such a communication had been received from such abody without acknowledgment of the fact having been submitted to the council. Subsequently the council waited on the Cftnterbury.,Gentre with a request that 'the centre, should write to the Wellington Council and suggest that-one' championship meeting should; be held, the funds to bo held in trust for the.purpose .of sending; a team from the Dominion to compete in ;the Australasian championships to be hold in Queensland. The centre;'after discussion, could not see* their way to comply. with the council's request,' and the chairman; of. the council undertook -to write to the Wellington Council on' the subject. The Otago Centre wrote informing the Canterbury Centre that they had' decided to accept, the championships offered by the Wellington Council. - : :