THE ATHLETIC SPILIT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 410, 20 January 1909, Page 4

THE ATHLETIC SPILIT.

. ■ '.". (PY IBUEGUAFn.—SPKCIAL.COmiI SrOKDKNT.I --.' :' : ?"?'-' ! -i Christclmrch, J ahuary 18, i;; At-.the meeting of, the :Well] ngtpn Centre ;of; the ( Ne\v[ Zealand Amateun Athletic 4.5-1 1 soclatipn,.,; held',;on; Friday nigl .it, the chair-. :aian A [(i%V:;P6llpclcy 'niacle a. J/jiig .statement ; of.. the Wellington ■[Ceiitre.'relatiyo disputi s between the, ■rival councils, in the course; of, which bp Bfvjd[that of/the: cpuncu_; and a certain -Christchufch'; : ,weekly; journaf' , raised a cry [that" the.--Wellington- , Centre wished to re-. ■moy-e>the~ ; t;ho council from Chrisfcahursh to' the City. . Those eugagevifin' rising th.a.t.cry ■■ knew that head-ciuai-ters/. could- only [ be: shj if ted by a vote of "tli.e'- 'centres.':-'-' They ;.kn« w, ; further, that .fchfe' - 'question ofi'-headquart/jra. had not .Leon tetiched ; -upon-by'-the'-centr es'whose nominations ' were rejected- by. ; th( j returning ofiicer ■ of Mr. iAtack. 'They alsc :knew[.the,obieet,,'o'f,;the[c/3ntres was toe|ect an,eiitir-ejy.new executivo! in place of a. body of. men, who had, by.'.ty i r action'.-" forfeited the confidence of['threoc/ intres,-- composed of delegates;, representing thirty-seven out of fifty amateur [athletic clubs.- The. question of hefe'dquarters .'was "not ill vblved in any way. ■ Speaking to 'a."l- , ress[" representative teTday,:[Mr. 'JJlTiHoaro, 'aV|-. niember of the old ;co6Ucilp'§a;id;,t!#. the l ':;f;eference,iri[-Mr. Pol"lock!s sti'.temeut: to thf, headquiirter's ques-. »tioJi,-wasoquite. : ,incorrec.|i and misleading. He! -produced-a;circular:lel.ter issued from Wel-rliiigtoii:by.'-'Mr:; J..-[:W-ii; -Eeepan, on behalf [of 'th6 i klelejgatp;s t '"6& the^'jlqli's-'clubs whioh met in ! Wellington.: to'deal' with the 'question 'of nbrainatipns:;to^he.Sc([iuhcil; ; One' clause "jn : . that., circular, read,; ''T he. delegates agreed f!to : nomiiwte;,:these^,;ge^,jlemen, and proposed ,j-Mr. -. Pollock being , among ■: the" [/number,* ■'.. firstly .. because it ,was .feltiithatv.they.iTyptf'drjendeayourj to carry ..out-the [wishes,-: ; pf..tj ie,'[centres as expressed at the' last conferera;p"of. centres, and, secondljv, because: jit ya 3; felt that the time had arrived .when i: the/Wi headquarters' should. be removed[from'Chrui , ichurch to.Wellington." 'Again,-!atr,-the-:bo.tij imiSof 'the,circular,: api:peared:lthe,.follawin^;;:,undertaking agreed by the gentlemen proposed to be nominated, including Mr.-Pollo^':: , —"We,. the undersigned, hereby agree : to pur nomination for seats on the. council of- |he New Zeaalnd A.A.A., ■and, 1 -if< elected) (inter alia) to : support !.the.removal.pfthoiiNew Zealand A'.A.A.from .Ch.ristchurch:to: [Wellington." : ■[:.:'' According.to th[.e- circular, therefore, the proposed.romoyal.jiof thfe headquai-ters of-the covncil'was; in;faq t; th 6 principal reason why the Wellington nominations, which were subsequently rejected by [the president of the .council,, werp..n^.de ? ;.,but a sufficieut ;majbnty ;o'f-.th'p;:ce),it'rcs had not decided in favour of iho r.ora oval, and those irho desiret) -tlio"chaiige-couW;-apt"get that [lnajowty'" ■■■■

'•' : j. % pollock , ■- '.. Interifiewed.wjith regard to.the mutter by a DpiUNlON?. reporfar,.Mr.W. H. Pollock, chair;irian~'of".;the 'Wellington -Centre of-the N.Z A.A.A.,:;; said:--'fTne' Wellington Centro neither, authoriiled- nor issued any circular in'suppoft' J 'oror?in connection with tho election of a .'The candidates, may-...(a5: they; were perfectly entitled to dp) haveVpla ced::;their Views' .before their constituents; I', challenge .the publication in full of theoircular in Mr. Hoare's possession .and claimjhat,; it will show that the candidates, -in deciding to plaw their views before ■the .centres, priq r.to..the.election, desired to act in a perfectty; honest manner. : ' Tho Otago and Southland centre? resolved to support fthp'.W.ellmgton K;andidates after having heard.views, 'iu «lear; : propf that they had an ..opoii[m.ind;on.the..ique.stion of headquarters." \ caitght teipping. • -.. : ; ■•;■'■.• [Chffetchuch, January 19 X. The circular referred to by Mr. D. Hoare ■lrihiE -statement- published' this morning regarding the athletic split wa3 not signed bv [•Mr-- ? J-';'H-/.Pplic6k,, vice-president, of the Wellington Centre of the Association, as was made to appear, but by his son,.Mr. W H '-I'isllddkft•'.'..■'."•'"■■ : '[ •■!'•»■ ;■ ■■''.-. .. ■'.'■■'