CRICKET CENTRE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 933, 28 September 1910, Page 6

CRICKET CENTRE.

")•; . : ;3'HE ,::WELLiNGTbN',.TpW^; ■:.;'■:■ ;:-''";''; ;^' ; CHANGE'«ESISTEi); '"C l '.' ■ ,'' / ;The rhatter. of removing,' the headquarters of: the New Zealand •■ Cricket Council from Christchurch to Wellington was discussed at someMength by; the Wellington Association last .evening.;, A . letter.- was considered from-Mr.,'Williams, president of' the; Hawk'e's Bay Association, .in which he supported: the change"of location mentioned,) and' stated, that' his': association intended .;to' circularise the. various •■ associations oh:';the''m'atter; : ..The letter ..was nnoffieial:;■'..:':•■■'.-'.■•'.•..;';./.■:;.-■' :'':''-',';■: : I .Mr. Cv 'Hickey, proposed that 'a reply i,be, sent. Mr.,. Williams to!. th,e;effect; that the, association' was in favour: of the posed change;"and would support any tion 'ho.:cared',to take in the matter: Mr. Hickey went on.to.statethat in a recent tour.of; the; North Island he had found officials/of: thevvarious associations everywhere "anxious- that ,a, change, should be made from Christchurch.,. '-.'.,■ '■; The,'chairman.ruled that' he could: not take la, motion .of this, kind without notice; ;■;■"■■..• '."■.:;■'•..■". ,:;■;i,:.-.-,, ":-,;;-,; ; Mr. Luckie strongly opposed .the proposal. But for the energy, ability, and disinterestedness of the New Zealand Cricket Council,-he declared, visits by; international teams .would never , have been seoured. An' immense. amount of "work, was' carried out by Mr. Raphael, the secretary of the council.. One;-of the '■; disadvantages .that cricket laboured under in Wellington was that influential men/took"no;interest in the game. In, Christchurch it was backed by a strong body .of influential men.. Any man who had! had experience; of/cricket in Christchurch. would know that he .was understating the truth;'■•., .; After, a somewhat ...extended discussion on-various points of order, and procedure Mr.- Luckie moved.that the association instruct, its delegates ,'tp oppose the removal of the 'council headquarters from Christchurch, to. Wellington.;.-.';'.;-,' Mr. Hood 'moved as; ah .amendment that 'the', delegates be allowed 1 a' free hand : in. the matter;'- -Mr. Hickey sec-'■ondedi'-y ■'.■,■■'■■''.■ ■""•'■;■■'.'•'.■ /.'-' '; The amendment; was lost. ', Mr. : .Midlane'expressed the opinion that the council, had .lamentably, failed in the' first and most' important object of its constitution—to . advance: the game' of cricket. Bringing in international teams was only, a minor function. Where the council had.chiefly failed;was in encouraging cricket in • the country" districts. The motion "proposed'by Mr.' Luckie was . carried by 10. votes t0;.5... "■' ...;,• ; Messrs. Baldwin/and''Rayward, .patent agents, Wellington,. report that they have filed ■•■ /the following/ - applications for patents/of. New Zealand during/the ', week ending ,'Sebtember, 27:—M. M'Carthy,' Wellington,kiriematographs; T. Hood and T. Glenvale,: Sydney, device/for attaching ties, of scarfs to detachable shirt collars, , means for; securing neck ties, scarfs or bows in position upon a double shirt or blouse collar,'construction of neck ties, scarfs,- ! or bows; W. Burgess, Hawera, earmark; :E. Hume and' W. Hume, Adelaide, concrete, pipes,".columns,:.girders, blocks, and; other structural material, method of, and means for, manufacturing: same; E. M'Gaffln, -Hastings, flax washing machine; W. Gordon-Jones, Auckland/ seed sowers; G. H. Bailey, N.S.W., manufacture of gloves;'G. Bertinshaw, T. Wilson, C. M'Arthur, and J. Hutcheson,' Wellington, pillar-box. ■ •'•''■

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