Otago Football.

Southland Times, Issue 19774, 26 March 1906, Page 3

Otago Football.

DIVISION IN THE CAMP. A LIVELY NIGHT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) DUNEDIN, March 34. Thena wos a largo attendance at the annual meeting' of the O.R.F.U. delegates nn Saturday night, and tiro proceedings were remindful of a few years ago, "hen the battle of alllliation was fought. The first surprise took place when Mr Hutchison, an V^-presHlbut, moved to increase the representation of senior club delegates to throe and of junior chilis end of suh-uniens to two. This would have had the effect of intensifying the evil of executive control, because it would have given tire repnesentation practically into the hands of the juniors, who, with the sub-unions, would have control of 4.4 votes. Dr. Hunter sprang a surprise by moving that senior clubs should be entitled to three delegates each, ami juniors and sub-unions to one each, saying -that the adoption of this proposal would effectually kill the cry that the executive Were able hy the power of their voting strength to dominate the elections aml| control the affairs of the Hulun. The party who have been agitating for a radical change in the management, seeing 4heir opportunity, threw the whole-vs eight) of their voting power with l>r Hunter, whose amendment was carried by 27 to 9. A consequential amendment was made in the next rule so that senior clubs will now pay a guinea and a-lmlf annually to ♦he funds of the Union ami junior clubs and suti-unions only hnlf-a-guinea, in place of two guineas and one guinea respectively. What was the piece de resistance ot the meeting was Mr Dec's motion to practically throw the control (if the affairs of the Union into the hinds of the delegates, with which object lie moved “ that apart from the election of president mid four vice-presidents, the delegates shall he allowed to vote for the trensuren nml the 10 members of commit tee who constituted the executive." The debating side was certainly on the side of the executive, from whom some capital speeches came. Hr Hunter, in particular m.iking a vehement protest against the change, saying that if, the mask were taken tiff it would lie shown

that the opponents of the executive were punishing those. himself amongst the nutiihcc, who had steadfastly set their faces against brutal play mid were determined to stamp it out. Those supporting Mr Dey. recognising their weakness in debate, resolved to " sit right " Shortly before It o'clock, when the vote was taken, it was expected to be „ very

close thing, hut to the surprise of everybody tlu* party of reform won by a substantial majority. Lust year a similar

vote Wns defeated by a narrow majority of one vote. Air .A. C, Hanlon was elect-

Ed president for the ensuing year, so that he holds the dual position of head ol the loot hall ami crick.-t goventim r

bodies. Thn honorarium of the secret arv was raised by k'2s f 0 f Tile Volunteer Battalion flub was -admitted as a senior clnH) and IVn Mhainiers was raised to senior rank.