A REQUEST DECLINED.
"PUT ONE ACROSS THE BOYS."
KILLED HOCKEY IX AUCKLAND.
Recently the Auckland Girls' Athletic Association asked the Newmarket Borough Council for permission to hold a street collection to raise funds for their sports ground. This request was refused. A further appeal -was made at last night's meeting of the Newmarket Council when a letter, outlining the objects of the association and stressing the need for linancial support of all in° terested in the welfare of young womanhood in Auckland, was received.
"I have been interested in hockey in Auckland for a number of years," "said Mr. H. J. Cooper, "and I think these girls have 'put one across' the boys. The girls have practically killed hockey in Auckland." On the motion' of the Mayor, who said that the appeal was not worthy of support, . the couneil unanimously decided to decline the
request,
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 229, 27 September 1928, Page 8
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145A REQUEST DECLINED. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 229, 27 September 1928, Page 8
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