OFFICERS OF N.Z. CONFERENCE

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27396, 8 July 1954, Page 4

OFFICERS OF N.Z. CONFERENCE

NEXT ANNUAL MEETING AT WESTPORT

Four clubs had not voted in an election for the executive, said the president 'Mr A. L. Matson) after announcing the election of officers at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Trotting Conference in Christchurch yesterday. These clubs had been fined at a meeting of the conference executive on Tuesday evening, he said. There had also been one informal vote.

It was of vital importance that all clubs should vote, and he expected clubs to honour that obligation, said Mr Matson. Mr Matson (president). Dr. M. G. Pezaro (vice-president), Mr O. Hutchinson (treasurer), Mr J. E. Farrell, Mr A. Ferguson and Mr G. C. Cruickshank (South Island representatives on the executive) were re-elected. A postal ballot was held for two representatives from the North Island on the executive. The election resulted: Mr R. J. Rolfe, 19 votes- Mr L. G. Reiger, 16; Mr A. G. Downes, 12; Mr N. Simpson, 11: and Mr W. W. Massey, 6. Messrs Massey and Rolfe were sitting members. It was decided by 21 votes to 15 that the next annual meeting be held at Westport. Christchurch was also suggested as the venue for the meet-

T.A.B. Agencies on Courses A suggestion that Totalisator Agency Board agencies should operate on courses while meetings were in progress was made by Mr E. R. Hooker (Taranaki) at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Trotting Conference in Christchurch yesterday. Mr Hooker said he thought that many more people would attend meetings if they could invest on meetings elsewhere while they were on a course. The matter had been fully investigated by the board, said the president (Mr A, L. Matson), but lack of telephones was the main oostacle.