UNION DISTURBED

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26543, 19 August 1947, Page 6

UNION DISTURBED

LIQUOR CONSUMPTION AT CARISBROOK EXTRA PRECAUTIONS Described by one member as “ a highly undesirable practice,” the consumption of liquor by patrons at Carisbrook was .discussed at the meeting of the Otago Rugby Football Union’s Management Committee last , night. The president, Mr R. W. S. Bottirig, was in the chair. Th'e secretary, Mr E. S. Wilson, reported he had advertised the fact that persons carrying liquor would not be admitted to the ground. He had twice interviewed the police about the subject, and had been promised extra assistance. There were difficulties in the way of a solution being found, as a search of everybody obviously could not be made. The secretary added that other people besides the union were worried about this problem. Mr Botting asked whether persons were allowed to consume beer on the ground. In reply, Mr Wilson said that nothing could be done at the moment, and the law would have to be altered. If anybody made a nuisance of himself, it would be possible to “ eject ” him from the enclosure. . Another member thought that the Auckland-Otago match would not cause any worry, but the return match with Southland might. The menace of broken bottles to players and also the cleaning up of the ground after a match were not, it was stated, to be taken lightly. Junior Grade Matches The chairman of the Flag Committee, Mr E. Kerr, complained that clubs were not sending in results. This hampered the committee in making the draw, and as it was wished to conclude the competitions soon, the draw had to be made for the top teams to play off. Three Saturdays were left for completing the junior grades, and he thought this number would be sufficient to reach finality. —lt was decided that delegates should notify their clubs of the necessity to send in the results. . A protest against the reduction of the number of seats that one could reserve from six to three was received from Mr N. J. Pritchard, a Dunedin resident. Because a few people had done a little profiteering, he did not consider that a sufficient reason for the majority to be penalised.—No action was taken. South Canterbury Challenge The South Canterbury Union advised that it had decided to issue a special challenge for the Ranfurly. Shield, and suggested September 10 or October 1 as a suitable date. —Held over. Permission was granted for a junior King’s High School team to play the Palmerston District High School tomorrow morning. A request for 19 passes to admit the Palmerston boys to the shield match in the afternoon was acceded to. The Otago Cine-photographic Club wrote that it was contemplating the production of a film of the Centennial celebrations. It asked that an official cameraman should be allowed to have strategic positions at representative matches.—Left to the secretary.