A PRESIDENT CENSURED
ABSENCE FROM SOCIAL
OTHER OFFICIALS CRITICISED (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. At- a complimentary social tendered to the visiting athletes to the crosscountry championships on Saturday iiiglil the president and prominent otlieials were severely criticised by the secretary, Mr. \Y. Morton, who commented mi tin' absence ot the* president fiuin the reception io the visitors on their arrival, and that of other prominent. otlieials from the afternoon gathering, and his absence from the evening i unction.
Last night the president, Mr. A. i ill v, announcing his resignation, said tic could not afford the time necessary to.act in an otlicial capacity. Ho was elected president in his absence, and against- Ins wish. His duties in the Rughv match between Auckland and Poverty- Buy made il impossible lor him to lie present -a I (he cross-country championship. As for the evening I unction, he had cut (lint sort oi thing out long ago.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17132, 7 September 1926, Page 8
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156A PRESIDENT CENSURED Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17132, 7 September 1926, Page 8
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