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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 740, 12 February 1910, Page 9

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riXTUEES. 1 February: jtr/Australasian/ ; ' Four-oared <'$• Chntnpionsliip (Hobart)..' . ;• Kcgattai ':,V . -. s:Forsyth;. I .'- //'/^//v'i/C Itarch lT—Wanganui Regatta. *■ . ■ Marcli;2G—Hawkc's Buy R-egatta. l - ' ■ ■/,

, .The ■ N.Z.A.R.A.' Council: now' has;.tw.?S-.V'-;i disputes on its hands for settlement., Om /. is the .'matter . of : the' Blenheim 8.0., in : regard - to.' its ! attitude .-in the. Jackson -4 .: V.: ;; ease, j ,The .council, 'at. its .'meeting '." ■il Monday, considered'/.that.nioro informal ~ tion was necessary, and-hung up.its.do-: : ./ cision .pending further, particulars, the Marlborough Association.' ; of this .delay is tliatthe Blenheim; Club'a /: senior. 'crew," which'roiyed 1 second in .tha .recent championships! and for fund lias been; raised in Blenheim foisthe ''-:. • .:. p.urpose of sending ;it to,Hobart, S •in.-a most awkward predicament.' .'.The'- ■ crew. ■ has sailed: for. the front/but.'there is; a big;chance, that it will not bo/able • • • to )oia<;iU'.the fray;.wheh-'it gets I titers the ■ club be exonerated froik - , /■"' blumo over. - tlio' Jackson;ybusiness,;:A' of ;;?.!• / i v : course there/will be iio.obstacle, hut/ oft/ tliO;.othei' hand,; should : the. cpuncir.elecf';'/,:' ,;:: to imjiose'. a, term; of:-suspension,. tho ! cannot .then take any part in the'.pr<£,"v'j?'\-ff';' cfeedings.; Again,"the ciation may not-be able to get a meet-' ' '.' ing before'the' date -of ' the raca." in Hobart, February 24, in. which ''cakv^." further., complications 'will ensiife,. as tIM i' : council isi bound -to/insist;as; far: as 'po^W' sible ou. the matter being cleared'up for© then.' .Tliea' ngaiui .the crew; possiblj'; wiii -Hobart;- and the'..club :b*:--. ,; suspended, afterwards! - AVhat : would thaV' • k - n - ' pc>sition/be'theii?lnVany case tlra r affair--vv'> , V': is .a inpst.unfortunate/one, arid^wll'be : : v brought forcibly uader;-tie'''h6.tice. of ro.iiV: K;?y ing men: iii 1 ■nian]ier )that,\. will not . redound :to .the good. uaine ' arid ■ well-being. ;'6l/ New -Zealand'.rowing.;:; '.-A:, V.r : "Mercury" , had ,a conyprsa ti on i -' : 1 ipatter 'with; the •' membersi.'of.'the Vcre*-.^-- 1 V-, : °n -"><•»: way .through ';:; 'XitteyAvMe^ati3wA%> : ': agreed •upon .'.oue, point—tiat-: tKeire vraa-.- ' 'intention' either ;on or/the. club. to - flout the; Now Zealand As-v• . '?;• sociatioii 'by 1 , going. They quite recognised^'■' ]tliat. the council; was to be - the. best interests of! ■ : V. ' ifW; sport, :but, they cpnEidery".the'club;,; :i 'i? rblmwless.-..Moreover, theyiare, being.^enbj..''it.by; 'tho to\nispeoplo 'o{ BleiiKcim, liot'the- , ;'-; club., ' Oil - receiving * the .- - \ notification;, that; tlipir'; entry woiUii'nqt :~f ;Do:'fflncfi6ned;.but;that.^th''ey;couid..gq;;a^v?^<: their .owii risk,;the''matter.,ivas,laid':befora : - 'iV '':;; the-'esecutive 'of .the.fiihd.'/and ''the:"crew , ;:-. : '' was told ' that as' the","'money, had,. beea'..~ ;, ?; 'collected they . liad better/go. The,' men ; • ; Jiad .' made - ;the' and considered .it churlish ,'to refuse,;so: : ;i-Vv-'. are taking the risk., \ .vA; [ . ■ The' other affair, is also -one. with .Marl-i * borough, i As. stated, was. its -intention,Vthß';;.:',:y. >: Star'.• Club :.referred•-.tli'e '.matter 'of.; tbo 1 ! ; .chain pion' pai r-oar .fiasco.; to" the; Welling-Y y-'." tlint tljo' N.Z.A.E.A'.-'be .asked to' iuc[nire.;,; V';- , iThe iWelJin^ii''! 3 ;' i 'i:cf-': :execiitive litis, sent; ; the: case, td|the: higHer|.^i.;A''ji; court, .and' th6ugh. it was sent' on. :/ : ; w'ith tKo.request .that it' should ineet:'«itS-.. ; ;. ."earnest.consideration,".some of ;bers of, -the association' we're ; very tren- ::. , : "chant; in tlieir-i-'eniarks ,'oh; the conduct of PiV-C ft;the race.; The council '.has askerl the -Marl-:;' ;; boroughi'body/for. an...explanation, .which/yip';/; 5 ; ;wiU."'.d6ul>tless 'f6Uow,.''al6ngr.'the' lines ',IMd.S;"-»vKi-dowh'iin ;l£r. ,B.: Croniptbh Smith's letter to ' published: ih ; cb}«^;Vt'y'& : ;: l^t^week.^'-•S6''wth : ••Md«^shon)d'.-n^^w:'b^K''\'^'^?; kuowny' and the inatter;should be ,settled : vi;;' without undue delay. • .> ;■ ■ ,Tho "Wellington llowmg, Club IS to bo , represented at the"Wanganiii arid Napier .. regattas '' by» the.;',following . I'ouVs:. H.: M'Kinloy;;(str.),;'E. > '"fierry};;'S,' ; 7/ Shilling,:. and ; P. -Davey.' Pours.'../: •;' /.' : son,.;and;A. Barry,, At.Napier! the follow-':: ing will-also--compete:—Maiden Double i Sculls:': S.',Shilling and; PADavey.;': Junioi Double Sculls:-S.' Stariacnand'H./M'Kiii- :: ley. 'Junior Pairs:.-S: Standen and '!§.•'•. '•' Perry i