ATHLETICS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 12 January 1924, Page 4

ATHLETICS.

! Electric light sports on the 23rd. Watch advertising columns in the Star. 1 Julian,- an ex-member of the Hawera Club, applied for reinstatement, but was requested to apply again in threes years' time. As Julian only competed in professional athletics on one occasion, it is evident that the New: Zealand Conncil do not intend to allow its rules to bs treated with impunity, and Julian's case should be a warning to other amateurs. No date has yet been fixed for t^e West Coast championships, to bs held at Kawera. The Hawera Club will hold a- picnic

on the Opunake beach-on Sunday, 27 th instant. / Ouggan, term of huspensiou oxpirea on th© Ist inst., is a^ani in training, ami will bo a eompetiior at th<i elciurio lif^la sports. Taking tho reports of tho last Wellington meeting as a comparison, tho 1-la.veru Club apntaf to liMe si poinisin^ aspirant for javelin-turo-winti Ltmoiirs .in S. I'iiyI'}. Scott inUmcls to> coinjMJto ?u tno WollinKion Provincial ctiampioiusiiips, , to bo held at Wellington on Saturday, the lytii iiiKt.. ami he is ctoinintc in to town to K.pc'iiil a vv<?ek in trains^. Ho is likolv to bo up against th-; ; u;k or thei iniiUie distaiKO men of Js««' Zc-a--hind, and if he wins is a "certainty , for soliiction in tho Now Zealand team ; , which Koes t(> Hobart for the Austra- ■ j lusuui t'hainpioriNhips about tho Ist of Febniury, \V. K. Parker nnd li, Wilhaaison huvo'rot'oived their reinstatement tevtilUiates from the centre. Gooi'fro Finhcr, wlio competed hvccossfnlly at tlse last cloytric light sports, has ugaiii entered for tho nynnts and hurdle' event for tho next meeting on j the 23vd inst, ! The seoreUiry of the lowil dub says ' that Wanganni have a hi-dies' relay team which is keen to compete against a ladies' team from Hawera, PitsHihly tlie local club can find tliti talent.