AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 640, 18 October 1909, Page 9

AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

/;: : ;- ; r.'/raET^LLINOTON;9BNTRBi : v'- ; - ■]■; '■■ ' The Wellington .Centre :of the New Zealand A. : A'.fA's3ociatiph i met-at;the. , Y.M.C.A. Room's on Friday: ovening... Present:. Mr;. Ji H. Pollock (chair), i Messrs., Dawson, ■■' Salek, :V Bust, Thomson,.Travers, :Lcy'dpn, Short, Crowes,'and .-',-. <■'•'■ ■■: '•'•' y ;':; }?'■>■ , Tho .following ■cdrrcspondence'.',was;.received: •—Victoria"'College': 1 Club .notified appointment of Mr. , , L. Short as delegate-.for'incoming's6a-3011'. .Tho,.Catholic'',Ulub notified tho appointment of Messrs. J." 1': Callaghan and b.' Leydon as delegates. ■' The" Civil ■ Service Club nptified th'o appointinerit'of Mr. A. E.-.Dawson' ; and : R.-.E.:BUst asdelegatcs.,. This.chlb also; .applied : for permission to.hold aryi 2D.7rGranted. The. Auckland, Centre'fasked for ' the, opinion •of 'the; centre as to .'■ the '.most suitable-date'on , 'which' to' hold Now Zealand championships.- .Tlio , centre suggestedva date as 'early in February as possible.-.. Tho Wellington A.A. Club notified that it had decided to nold. a' spring meeting on tho 'Basin Keserve on Noyomber .9. ULetters were received-from the-Town. Clerk as follow:—(1); Granting peririissioh'; to; run'; Marathon, Kaco through "city, subject.to'the control of. the police. »(2) Ask-, ing' , approximate 'dates on' which ,tno centre pr affiliated clubs ..wished to hold 'sports meet-' ings, on the Basin Kescrvo.' It .was : resolved: "That the secretary- write to .affiliated clubs asking ;appVbj;iniate: dates-otf' which:'they - intend to hold' meetings, and that,; when this information is in tho hands of the secretary, a -.■committee,, consisting, of' Messrs. ..Pollock, Dawson, 'an& tho secretary,. interview, tho Eeserves Committee of the City Council regarding the allocation of dates,for Saturday afternoon meetings on the Basin.",; .::' .<"..:'..

A letter was : received from .the .Wellington Boys' Institute regarding the formation of a public schools' athletic league, and asking tho centre ~to .favourably..consider ,Eamo.. .It. .was resolved that this was a matter which '•' could .bo 'bettor-controlled'.'by the clubs, :and.'the ..secretary w as:instructed:.to"communicate with the affiliated clubs with .a view to establishing juvenilo branches in connection with them. ''The N.Z.A.A.-Association notified the centre that tho ,Hutt; yalley : A.A., Club had. become .defunct. It \ was: decided, that:' the '> centre should tak6"'stcp's'to, rovivo 'amateur "athletics in the Hutt.Valley. ~ :. . , , ■:. .;;■ ■■

. '.Tho Eangitikci l'ublio Schools,, Sports Committeo was granted permission to place amateur ovonts on. its prograaimo, to be held .at Marton on-November %. :. '.■■•■,•■' '■•:•:■-./-. ;: : i-v

Tho. sub-committeo ' appointed' to • arrange a Marathon.-Race :on November.;!) reported that tho,race .would bo run from the Basin Reservo -out: to Hntt and ..back to tho Tcserve Tho necessary;, permission h«a been receivedfrom the'vanono borough councils. The priies would bo the maximum allowed by the rules of the N.Z.A.A.A., vie., first .610, second j£s third ISs. For the Sealed- Handicap pmes to tho Talue of X 5, jC3, and Xl'were bein» allotted. ■'.'.',■' '■":■' , . ;* ; .At 1 p.m. ■ on: .Thursday ITeoars. 1,,- \v|i eon and Co. - are ~to sell on the premises; Eector't 'Lane and Main Road, Fetone, two cows,' two 'bulls, four heifers, a dozen colts and fllliej a, ■spring dry,-two gigs, a buggy, also a toctton end bulldini ot Petone.' •'', .-. ■/;■■ : . .•■■ ••-

■■ lUs«rs..K. Wilson and Co., - of Taihape, 'have for «a!o eomo 1700 ■ ncrcs' of excellent fattealßK and teropplne'country, situated : only;'som« S miles .from the'. Walton Itailway' Station (nesr Mo.rrlnsvlUc). The country is flret-class dairying land,land is being offered ftt £8 10s. per acre. Thoad?ertisomcut, in this Issue, should bo closely-read,: ; ;:. ■. ■ : : . ■■ .. ■.■...,.