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Otago Witness, Issue 2105, 28 June 1894, Page 34

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The annual meeting of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association will be held on July 31.

W. Mendelson's long jump of 21ft liD, accomplished at the last New Zealand championBbip meeting at Dunedin, has been passed by the N.Z A.A.A. as a New Zealand record and a championship performance.

The committee of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association last Friday night for the first time passed a stringent motion in the cause of suppressing the contravention of the rales of amateur racing. An Auckland pedestrian named M'Affer was suspended for life for suspicious walking. The New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association has recorded hearty votes of thanks to Messrs Ness and Grieraon, the officers at the championship meeting last February, and the Dunedin Amateur Athletic Club for the successful way in which the meeting had been carried oat.

The distance of the walking championship in England having been reduced from seven miles to four miles, the committee of the Amateur Athletic Association has, after careful consideration, decided that the standard time in this event should be 31min 30see.

An international congress of amateurs was to have been held in Paris b at; ween the 16 th and 24-th mat. ia order to study the question of amateurism, and to make an effort towards the unification of the rales of the various sports. The programme proposed to deal with amateurism and professionalism, under the following heads :—": — " 1. Definition of an amateur : reasons for the definition. Possibility and utility of an international definition. 2. Suspension, disqualification, and rehabilitation. Facts which respectively sustain them, and the means of proof. 3. Is it just to maintain a distinction between different sports in regard to what constitutes an amateur, especially in racing (gentlemen riders) and pigeon shooting? Can a man be a professional in one sport and an amateur in another ? 4-. The value of objets dart and other prizes. Is it necessary to limit their value P What steps are to be taken against a man who sells an objet dart which he has won P 5. The lawfulness of gate-money. Can it be divided between the associations interested or the contestants P Can it be used towards the expenses of the visiting association ? Within what lirjats can the expenses of teams or their members be born either by their own or the opposing association P 6. Can the general definition of an amateur be applied equally to all sports P Must it comprise special restrictions as regard* cycling, rowing, track thletics, &c. p7. Betting. Is it compatible with aamateuristn, or doesjit lead to professionalism P Does betting on himself disqualify an amateur ? What means should be taken to arrest the development of betting P 8. The possibility of re-ettablishing the Olympic games. Under what conditions would it be feasible P "