LEAGUE OF NEW ZEALAND. WHEELMEN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6074, 11 January 1898, Page 4

LEAGUE OF NEW ZEALAND. WHEELMEN.

A meeting of the executive of tha League of New Zealand Wheelmen was held last erening at the Clarendon Hotel; present — Messrs W. E. Thompson (chairman), C. 11. Cotton, G. Milne, W. G. Atack, R, L. Adams, A. E. Kirk and W. G. Williams. An apology for absence was received from . .Mr G. H. Letha'iy. The West Taieri and Gore Clubs were affiliated to the League. The Dunedin Cycling' Clu'/s programme for' a meeting on i'eb. 12 (was passed. Permit s were also granted to the New Brighton Gala Committee for Jan. 27 and to the Gore Club for Feb. 2. The Christchurch Club wrote drawing the executive's attention to the fact that a defaulting member of that club was now "'' an active member of the Linwood Club. It was decided to wiite and point out to the Linwood Club that the I eague's Rule 57 was being broken. Mr G. H. Lethaby forwarded », claim against the Christchurch Cycling Club for injuries sustained at the sports on Dec. 18 by a fall on account of overcrowding in the third heat of the Half-mile Handicap. This claim was supported -by a letter from the Lmwood Club. The executive decided that it could not deal with the claim, a3 the Christchurch Club had apparently not yet been communicated with. Mr B. J. Atkinson, the League's Consul in "Wellington, wr<te that Reynolds, Hunt and ■ Forbes had entered for the New Zealand Natives' Association sports at Wellington, on Jan. 22, and he asked for instructions as to their status if questioned. It was decided 'to reply that these men were eligible to compete. ,MrF.D. Woodroffe, representing, the Royal Enfield Cycle Company, wrote offering to the Leagno for competition the Royal Enfield Challenge Cup. The offer was accepted with thanks, and tho conditions submitted were agreed to. Two additions were suggested :—?(-) tlmt the cup should be delivered up. on the order of the Secretary of the^ League within one month before the meeting;, at. which it was to be competed. .for; < and (2) that the clip should be insured for .£75, , the policy to be made out in the name of, the Secretary of the League. Correspondence was received with reference to the ■ \ case of D. Crozier and B. Wylie, who had Spaced R. A. Dexter, a cyclist not licensed by the League. The men pleaded ignorance .of the existence of a rule forbidding this . practice, and it was decided, under the i. circumstances, to accept their explanation %/J with! a -caution. The Secretary reported /.' that vi reply id a letter from Mr A. W. £ 1",-, iSvans, of Napier, he had forwarded all inpf -formation with reference to the formation :£•'.;' there of a club, to be affiliated to the _• > /League. The writer stated that the club had £■■ '■ -an'assured membership of eighty. Several r"! letters were received with reference to the •: ■ suspension of J. B. O'Sullivan for three \jj. months by the Auckland Cycling Club. It fev -was decided that he should be disqualified jpv .for three months from Nov. 9 for conduct P^which, in the opinion of. the executive, an offence under the rules. It Pf . was also decided to write and inform the |r -Auckland Cycling Club that the evidence fi in any proposed general disqualification must be submitted to the executive of the League before any decision. was arrived at, but that that proviso did not > apply to offences against club rules. Two small accounts were passed for payment. The appointment of the following delegates was confirmed: — Greymouth, Mr J. Cassidy* Vincent, Mr W. S. Atkinson; Reliance (Wellington), - Mr W. Poison; West Taieri, Mr G. H. * Mason; Westport, Mr A. E. Craddock ; Middlemarch, Mr F. M. Hudson; Mataura, •_ Mr K. Bassett. Mr A. E. Smith was ap- ' pointed consul at Invercargill. After some - discussion, Mr S. Myers was appointed the | ■League's consul in Dunedin. It was de- | '.:■■ tided to ask the southern clubs for infor- |] ination as. to the probable number of »|" starters, if the League included amateur t;\ v championships in the championship meet- <■ ing on March 24 and _6. It was resolved that the Lawrence and Vincent Clubs I should be written to for an explanation as I to the riding of members at unregistered I meetings. The meeting then closed.