ROWING AND SQUABBLING

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 4593, 19 May 1922, Page 4

ROWING AND SQUABBLING

QUESTION OF THE AMATEUR STATUS. ;By Electric felegrapn—Copyright.' .Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.) London, May 17. _ The newspapers quote an Australia House official, who insists that manual workers in Australia aro regarded as socially equal with anyone, and who points out that they compete on equal terms at Henloy-on-Yarra, which is patronised by all classes. Hie official adds that if the peoplo who are tho backbone of Australia are debarred by social reasons from competing here, the effect on Australian public opinion will be bad. The rowing authorities emphasise tho point that tho rule against mechanics and" artisans is not based on snobbishness, but simply upon the advantago the manual worker has over the sedentary worker. The feeling' among rowing clubs is that any relaxation of the rulo in favour of Australians would be the "thin end of the wedge," resulting in Henley and other meetings losing their present status.