FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 733, 4 February 1910, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

>THE SYDNEY CONFEEENCE. j' T.iro foftha New. £eii»nd.'delegftf<>B''who ' atteiided the' recetit' Rngliy Union ponfer'y'lehoe'iiii 'Sydney, .Dfessrs.' Geo. : Pncne.and Vf Geo.! Dixon Teturried:to Wellington, by 'the •• TJlimaroa.' Mr., G., Mason,, the .tnird'New V ..Zealand-;reppesentativej. -will not- return. • . Vjuhtilvneit: week.'l; The -New-South Wales .' delegates-at:"tjie\6onfereflca we're Mcssr.v J.'' F. Mticmnnamey, J. ■J. Daveron, lj\ •L". Bow, and R. A, Arnold, whilst Queens, land was"represented' by: Messrs. AY. • J.: < Bennett ,and D, Carter. ■ . . J; Bconryeßterdtiy, Mr'. Dixon' said lie was I s ; ; •uriablev.to'. give anyindication of .the J. transacted:'at' '"tKaAeonfereniie. . Ho .and ;his' : had agreed that it- would ;.be impossible-to- say anythiag for. publication!:until: after 'they, had re-; . ported, sto the Management Committee ■ - of-tho :.'New Zealand : Union next week. T.hoconclusions arrivedat bythe' cdnf ferenco: ■ couldhave. Vno' fores until they i . were '.con£rmed"by .. the various -unions ■ concerned.;. ''Personally," :said Mr. Di.tou, • .'fl am well: satisfied ...with.'the , result. of ;V'the: conference.-;;' It: has. oleared away any! v gdssibillty; of- misunderstanding with JI«W South Wales •or . Queensiand,. and has : 'a - thorough understanding.', • ,1: iThe principal business, dealt with by ! the conference . .was proposedalterations •{#. the'daws ef:,t}ie.game,- the.laws a6 : to ■ \,professionalism,..appointment of referees, thS conduct of inquiries into cases of . players ordered off the field, and the > v .agreement as to the interchange of visits .between.-Australia''and New: Zealand, i 1 No indication; coiiH be gathered as to whether the proposals to bo placed be".'•i.' fore the;New:Zealand TJnion will involve any alterations for the" ensuing season.