LIVELY DISCUSSION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 11 October 1922, Page 5

LIVELY DISCUSSION.

AN OFFENDED CHAIRMAN,

(BY TBLEGBAPH —H&EBS ASSOCIATION.; 1 WELLINGTON, Oct. 10. | A lively discussion took place at a meeting of the executive of the New , Zealand Rugby Union to-night, in refer-! enee to the action of the chairman (Mr Slade) in managing a recent visit of a Wellington team to Auckland, when the northerners won by 54 points to nil. The chairman's action was endorsed, but a motion was passed to the effect that in future matters of the kind steps be taken to call the committee together. The chairman regarded the motion as a slight on himself, .and left the chair. Later he resumed the chair, but stated his intention to resign.