ATHLETIO.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12749, 21 April 1909, Page 6

ATHLETIO.

N.Z. AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIA-

MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.

(Per United Preae Association).

CHRISTCHURCH, April 21. A meeting of the Council of the" New Zealand Aratcur Athletic Association was held on Monday evening. Referring to the resolutions passed by the conference dealing with the constitution of the Association and the transference of the headquarters from Christchurch to Wellington, Mr Nordon said that as a matter of expediency the Council • should follow the example of the Wellington executive and resign. Mr Hoare supported this view. The Canterbury centre, he. said, pledged the Council to resign. As a matter of honour the Council should support the centre that had stood by it in the trouble that had arisen.

The Chairman (Mr Atack) said from his point of view the delegates to the Centre Conference had proceeded in an entirely wrong manner, and had passed a resolution agreeing to alter the constitution of the Association, and by a majority decided to transfer the headquarters from Christchurch to Wellington. While their action wa« possibly in accordanc6 with the %vishes of mont of thooe interested, at the same time it was a most unconstitutional method of doing things. Had the delegates been in possession of - the knowledge of the correct method of procedure, no doubt they would have proceeded along "lines that would have secured the end in a proper manner. There was a correct method to pursue. That method- was to proceed in accordance with the laws of the Association. The laws required that notice should be given of a proposal to alter the constitution and shift the headquarters. Under tlie circumstances the method could be departed from to a certain, extent certainly. He thought the proper course to adopt was to effect the alterations in a legal manner, and at the same -time 'in such a way as to give effect to the wishes of the conference as expeditiously as possible. He suggested that a letter should be sent to the centres asking them to express their views on the two methods under review, ,aad! stating' that -the Council would' give effect to the resolutions of the conference immediately on receipt of re.plies,from the centres. Messrs Batehelor, Grierson, and Mason considered -t^his course of action a proper one to purSufe. After further consideration the following resolution,-; -Was unanimously agreed ;to: — "That this Council, in order to give effect to the wishes of the conference of centres in Dunedin, does forthwith take a mail vote on the question of the removal of the headquarters of the Association from Christchurch to Wellington, and the of district nominees in lieu 'of an elective council."

A cable message was received from the' Queensland. Association, asking the New Zealand' Association, to agree. to the Australasian championships being held in.Aug(i6t inetead-of November, the latter month having been previously agreed upon. It jivas decided to inform the Queensland Association that the request would be forwarded to the. new Council when appointed.

Nominations of delegates to comprise the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, with . headquarters in Wellington 1 , is now completed. The following delegates have been nominated by various centres^Otago, Mc6sr« Marry att and Pollock; Southland, M^sere Daviee and-Robertson'; Canterbury, Messrs Dav*is and Chaffy; Wellington : Dr. Newman and Mr Larkin ; Auckland, Messrs Thompson and Bridge.

At the,,St»,\v^U (Vic«OTia,>*3&feter'> Festi^ tal, the famous Irish ped., G. B. TiHOler; 5 v^on the mile handicap from the 25yds mark in 4min 23se<5& '.TiAete*! HAdF^hir* * vuthout' success at a number of, meeting, life has gor Ka©[c*fo something like his best ■ situc Qn^nfe <v nSnpMMaU»r $aOC?/upQg'}fs 4mm lij l-58ec. It'mlT be remembered tliat Tmcler entered fevr tl^e-.Wangai^ii/.Caie-;, doniam '■'Society's- meeting; biit at J th6 last moment decided to postpone his visit to th miP 01 5l uio ?A - an 4 stayed in Melbourne. < The Stawell Gift, 130 yds!, £120, was won by H. Rigby (Burnie, Tasmania.), lHyds, G. C. Olliver (Campbell's Creek),- 12yds, second, and E. Carnie (Melbourne),. 9}yds, third. Won by half a yard in 11 4-osec. J. A. Youlden, sJyds, won the Sprint

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Handicap, 75yds, and Encourage Stakes, over 130 yds, from the 6^yds mark. G. B. Tinoler received a great ovation on winning the Mile Handicap from the 25yds mark in 4rain 23sec. A. McGilUvray, 95yds, was second, and J. E. Height, 90yds, third. W. P. Steele, who in 1905 won the thr.ee miles amateur championship of Australasia, annexed the two miles handicap from the 90yds mark. Writing to a London friend Shnibb deals briefly with his recent failure in the Longboat match, and also with his success against Pieri Dorando. He discloses the fact that he ran his race against Longboat in such a fashion that he hoped to run the Indian off his legs before 20 miles Was readied. , Shrubb .avers that lip had himself beatejl a£ Smiles and Lo"ngoo'itt' Was"going|"off tlie "track, but tybe'; jtfdge" ignored the rulea' governing the' c'otttest and allowed a crowd of Longboat's Mends to come inside and render him assistance. Disgust marks the whole tenour of his remarks with regard to the Indian's refusal to turn out in the 15 miles race, but no reason is presented by Shrubb as to Longboat's real reason.