BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 665, 16 November 1909, Page 6

BOXING.

WELLINGTON ASSOCIATION. Tho committee" of the Wellington Boxing Afr socration met last night, Mr. B. IPVilly peesiding. The secretary of the HoroVhenua Boxing Association, in reply to inquiries, as to the tiophy won by Jb Poitei, inot« explaining' that Porter had desired to de>ote tio value OJ the trophy to tho purchase oX a pair of boota, but tho association declined to give him an opon order for tho purpose. Afterwards the association recened ftn account from a Wellington firm for a suit of olothes, SA 55., supplied to L Porter. Tho association had refused to recognise the account, but wiihed to know the moms of the Wellington Association. Porter attended the meeting, and the nwttcr was goto into The committee approved of &a action of tho Horowbcnua Association, and do. cidod to ask them to jesue an order which would enable Poiter to purchase a. tttpby, t>l an engravable nature. In regard to the engajeDient of Tiacy to meet Hurcomb at AntUand, the eeoretary ot the Northern Boxing Association wrote explaining why he had telegraphed direet to Iracy, instead of through tiie Wollinrton Aβsociation. Ho said that BJackmore had Jailed them, and Gault wae taken iIL As, it , veaf known that the WeUington Association did not intend to hold anothor meetihg thie yoot and as only U hours were avaikMe to fix no the breaches, Tracy was wired direct. Hours: * and oven mmutca, were valuable, ahd there was not tho slightest desire to flout the aeree. ment made at the confcrqjflt. J. no explanation was rqjar'ded'aß quite satlßfactory. The Now Zealand Council sent a areola asking f or cooperation m a proposed depntabon to ask the Government to prorJd» lego recognition of a governing body which «ould bo appointed by the associaboM, to control the sport and to issue permits. Only affi^f t ? d Wlth P*«ra»& body ehonld bo permitted to hold competitions, and there should be a specifio definition of the petitions > POhC ° ln connecfaon Wlth °° m ' l ' It was reeolvod that the issue of permit* should be in tho hands of the police as rf present; that further legislation waa not ri quired, as regolatwns ly the Qovernor-in. formal would bo preferable, that the powen °l we police did not need farther definition; that the council be informed that the associa- - non considered that the resolutions passed by the conference of 1908 should be adhered ' to and regulations framed to give effoct to tfloin. The committee considered that a deputation was not required, bat if there was to be one, there should be a conforoace of delegate