ATHLETIC ALLIANCE.
NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA, PROPOSAL FOP SEPARATION. Received December 29, 11.25 a.m. SYDNEY, Dec. 29. _ The Telegraph suggests dint the athletic alliance of Australia and New Zealand is llu’Oiiieued. A conference at Adelaide will consider New Zealand’s grievance, which ithat- she is compelled to pay many more visits to Australia than are relumed. A Victorian proposal is mooted to drop New Zealand from the Australasian Union as a dissection of the Dominion into a province places die Australian Stales at a disadvantage, the suggestion being that the provinces should cuter separate teams instead of one team representing the whole Dominion. In lie.' event of New Zealand dropping out. it is suggested that an invitation he extended to New Zealand to participate in the championship im clings provided tin- destination of Australian honours is not affected thereby. New separate representation at the Olympic (mines is interpreted in some quarters as a desire to shake oil the Australian t.iv. Press Association.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 3108, 29 December 1921, Page 5
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