FOOTBALL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 97, 24 April 1912, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

'NEW" ZEALAND^ ASSOCIATION. At a meeting of th* Council of tlw tNew<. Zealand Football Association last night .adhere vjer© present r-^Mossris, X, Whit© (Canterbury),* in the chair, C. E. Fordham (Otago), W. X Wolte (Southland), W. Reynolds (Poverty Bay) d W. Mathieson .(treasurer),, and B. L. Salmon (secretary). The following extract of ai letter re. ceived from the eecrefcary of the champion team of France was read : "Our champion team would like to organise, for the first time among all French clubs, a tour in Australia; I hope that our proposition may interest you; therefore, I take tho pleasure to submit it. to you, trusting that it may be realised. Awaiting your kind, reply, etc.— Henri Gasquetori." The secretary' was instructed to forward a copy of this letter to Mj\ A. E. Gibbs, the council's London representative, and ask him <to enquire into the , matter. In a communication froni the secretary of the Manawatu •ABsoeiatiotf, it was Btated that a boys' association would be in full, awing at the end of the present month. ' ' The secretary reported that the increase in teams over last season was 55