LIVELY INTTRCHANGE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1456, 3 June 1912, Page 4

LIVELY INTTRCHANGE.

CLERGYJffiTBTtyED' '.' i AT,. SPORTS PROTECTION* MEETI!*Gv ; ■ ■ v '■'] i.~£' : (By Telegraph.—Press Association'.! f'-;. !^ ; ' :, ' : : '■' Auckland, Juno l;'-^'.;-.? '- A meeting convened by the Sports ~',■) taction Association, and attended by about,;;; ■';; five hundred persons, carried requesting an amendment of the'lawsoji-;'. that totalisator fractions,-instead'of gq--V\' : 'rig'to racing; clubs, should be dev-otedito'yii, benevolent institutions; that bookmaker* ijf.bo. re-established (carried unanimously .£;j;*, amidst applause); that races under sii£ ; .W;furlongs be abolished; advocating stipend-'";;';; iary stewards; supporting' the ■ post and-;.': : > telegraph employees in their protest "is- - the Hen. H. G. ; . Ell's anti-gam-vw: ■Wing circular. ■''■■' ■: y j - v; 1 ., .;■' "■&<'&■■'• During tho meeting there was"a" lively'/JV; interchange between the Rev.. Mr. Rcadyi f.-i. and Mr, Hackett, the- chairman. '■ Mr,;;'« Ready wished to speak to "tho resolution*!* ', re bookmakers. ' '" '■'' : ;';;■;■ The chairman pointed ■ out that th»i'; : '-?' meeting was called for sportsmen only. "£.> ■ Mr. Ready protested that it was a pulj-'J;;::; lie meeting, and lie took a great interest; jf.. in legitimate, sport. ''■ .'• vij-'i ■ Tho chairman declined to give way. ■.'" ■'" £;.*;