EMPIRE GAMES

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 56, 9 March 1929, Page 17

EMPIRE GAMES

"NO REASON FOR FAILURE"

SOME DETAILS PROM-CANADA

't At a meeting of managers and ■. offl-' cials of :tho British'Olyinpic-teams in England', in August ;last i.ypar,';'thfcre,' was an: iiui3ortan'.t;.ci'oV-elppment-:--:iaiming at tHo inauguration of .periodical.Empire. Games. Some.interesting information" concerning these Games, : tlie, first: of: which it ,is proposed to hold-in'Ham-iltou", '.Ontario;; in- i 930, is contained -in a lettbr .received by Mr. 11. Amos, manager of the New -Zealand Olympic team, from; Mr.'.'M. M. Kobii'ns'oii'j"'"'tlm''TOmadiah*';Oi3[iii ipic~'tea.m'B: manager, and of -whichi,extracts ..were read at a meeting of the N?w:;Zealaiid Amateur Athletic Counoil'iast evening.

In In-. Icttci to Mr Amos, Mr Rob ji^oii ml lie li id been ippointcd oli ill in in oi tlie Hinulton Committee tonn cd in connection with the pioposod & nuts, mil hid been asked to ict is M-uetny ot the AAU, of Canadi Coniinittct, In Hamilton progics^ hid bctii mide The Games had bcui iulh ciuloised by the cit>, and tho committee 111 clnigc comprised 10 picbcntatnes of tho local ithletio bod ip*. the City Council, Paries Boaid, and tlic Huboui Commission. Control v ii= -\esttd m tho hands of ofliceis oi the M imiltou OJjmpic Committee

Mr. Robinson detailed what had been accomplished and /what. Was proposed to be> done in connection with the staging of the Games at Hamilton, mentioning among other -matters that the' city'" had voted to : spend IOO^O.OO dollars on a swimming pool. In addition the city was placing 25,000 dollars • at the disposal of- tiro.' corriniitt.ee tovpro-' ceed with the job, aiid an Empire-wide newspaper publicity sCherner;)vas "to;.be undertaken. . •■•'.-■ '■"

"There is/uo, limit; to: what wo can do,'' continued, Mrf; RotiiHSbli, j "and while' laveajiso that .interest, has, to .bo created, throughout;,tlie'Empire we 'feel equal to the task.--.ii.7i fail:to>see any reason ."for' failure. \V.e: are. determined to "make the affair.a.big success, anct are satisfied that the various Dominions will sit in with 113 as soon as all the details are announced and'the particulars broadcast.'. ..'.',.. ■ ' .

Reference-was also -made to the' Empire Games project in a letter received, by the N.Z.A.A.A.' Council; froai Miy' Robinson, in which.lie' .expressed plea-" sure at having been appointed the association's; representative,}in .Canada. ■'.

'Mr. Amos said it was proposed that the. Empire.-teams should.be. billeted in' Canada, so. that .the. cost of; sending a team from. New -..'-Zealand would be. very. 1 much jess. ■ ttyau, it was .in sending ISfew ,-Zealaud's.team.:-to jthe last Olym-pic->Gciiucs. He. considered that it would cost about £150 an athlete.

The chairman (Mr. R. W. M'Villy) said ho 'thought-New Zealand should be represented if possible. Ho did not think there would, bo yvfiry much djfflr culty' in raising funds. ;<Looked 'at i'ro'ni the,point of view; of Empire sport,-'' -he added, "T'thihk-iybu, lvould; get afar more ready":response ..from the people than it<6r; '■ : thov.Olympic Games." : . ' .-. '■/:/:. . V'-V" V- '.' ''■';;

•Further discussion,,/; oh ...tlielpvoject was!deferred' untill more-informiitio'n, ia: to hand,.: .- j1 \ l ■■■[-■< ■'■'•■■:' ';i /';'.;•' • : ■ ;;'. ?