"UNWELCOME ATTENTION."
SPORTS PROTECTION ASSOCIA- I V TION FORMED.: ' (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Auckland, August 20. ■At the invitation of .the Citizens' League, a large. meeting of representatives of various sporting associations was held last 1 night. It was resolved to. form, a Mutual. Sports l Protection Association. Mr., Hackett, chairman, said the trend of recent happenings had demonstrated that organised attempts were being made to cause grievous inroads in some of our most popular sports/" Racing,, boxing, coursing, billiards, and others had already received unwelcome . attention, . and in due course further branches of sport would doubtless bo ' attacked. The, committee of the' league ..considered it: was time for sportsmen to'assort.their ri"ht to conduct their own sports, and join together to successfully combat the tendency towards interference on-the part of the people who did not interest themselves 'in or support any .branch of sport. .' '■ , '■'
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 901, 22 August 1910, Page 8
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143"UNWELCOME ATTENTION." Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 901, 22 August 1910, Page 8
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