THE SPORTS BULWARK.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1286, 15 November 1911, Page 6

THE SPORTS BULWARK.

AND MINISTERS' MANIFESTO, IBr TclctTaDli.-I'rcss Association.! Christchurch, Novemlior 14. Considerable surprise is felt in local Pljorls circles regarding what is considcu. '■<l I/) bo (he extraordinary manifesto is. sued by the Auckland Ministers' Associalion concerning tho New Zealand Sports i rotation league. Tlio nmnifesto was >roiight under the notice of Mr. A. ".vie, president of tho local branch of ]"", l«ag'ie. hy a "J're.ss" rcprwciilalivo '<Hl«y, (im) Mr. Jinylo was qui to amazed, at what he. regarded as tho violence and virulence of the atlack mode-an attack nii'v? wns I)aswi 0n < ' n, - irc| J' wron K P"* "The sole object of tho league," he declared, i 5 to , )rotflct am i ))urifv ftport# tis alwJnWj. untnlc snv t ) lat lvfl are fighting for the restitution of tho (y-rnkmnksr, or that we desire the extcnn-° f , th f, or that we would tu ,T y •*) ""'"bT of racing days in 1™ I l H 11h> «<«rcUry of Die northuL Vf.™*"* Uw minister* to bo,„7nif l . h L r "? m to Wove ia their manifesto then he was exceeding his lute, and chiming for the league cl> no. wish to profeos The league ha* note"; to <lo with the claims attrihu ed to it by the Auckland ministers, inri league does not etand for the bookmaker, nor for an increa.se in t.hc days of racing nor for the extension of the total isator nor for tho liquor interests. It has nothing to do with ony of those. The league, moreover, is against all public exhibitions of sport on Sundays, but it believes that each individual haa the right to spend part of the hours of Sunday in harmless amusement provided that, by doing so, he gives no olfeacc to tho community in general."