ATHLETICS
STBATFOIiI) CLUB. : tm: annual uuroßT. The report to be submitted to the annual meeting of the Stratford Athletic Club on Friday night states that owing to the formation of an amateur club in Stratford, and its decision 4o conduct a Taranaki championship meeting on March 1930, the committee decided to defer the club’s annual sports. As j | a result the sports did not even-A tuate and the usual canvass for the, | sale of member’s tickets Ava s hot I j undertaken. | The committee made application for holding the Ncav Zealand athletic championship meeting in Stratfoid, and a canvass of townspeople Avas made to finance the meeting. The response Avas most gratifying. Further information obtained relating t 0 New Zealand championship meetings revealed that it Avould he incumbent on the club to hold a twoday sports meeting. As the question of half-holiday Avas a difficult one and the expense of a championship meeting was heavy, the committee reluctantly decided to Avith- | draAV its application. The pvomis- j sory notes Avere cancelled and re- . turned. It Avould he observed from the [ balance-sheet that the expenditure i consisted of the affiliation’ fee to the j Taranaki Centre small items, and that the club had a credit balance of £ll 7s 7d.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 67, 16 October 1930, Page 3
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