HOCKEY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1662, 31 January 1913, Page 6

HOCKEY.

\) :y "cdItPLAINT BE HUTT PAEK. • . : 'A special .meeting* v ;of the Hutt 'Park :.. Committee was iheld, last .night for the purpose of .considering a letter from the . (Wellington Hockey Association in regard .' to grounds'on the Hutt: Park*::; The main v: points of the letter:were to the;'effect that ' Committee 6f,the:assooiation :;. had-visited the; Parkland'they .were of .. ■ opinion ..that the, surf nce.'of the ground was ~ unsatisfactory. >■ Invyie'w,of ihe.fact.that :; ,'tho association -we're contemplating tiik- .;;•-,•' ing a tetfufe' of >,the. Park, 1 ' no. material :■■■■.:i progress seemed to have.been made, and '....■."• under the circumstances it appeared tint .; ; the grounds would not be in order by the ./time the season opened. It had further - ,:• been: represented to the association'that • : : the areaj,Would ,be ploughed, and/ tley -:. were-yery. disappointed'that : this-.course ~:; had:.' riot. ..been ..adopted;': A.furfEer ■' in-' ■'■..',. ejection .;6f'• .the Park would be niado in' '~..' about "five; weekfctimeK and. unless a .vast : ;: ; improvemerit was' shown, the association' ...could not possibly take"over the grounds. , The ! hope was i expressed that .the Park : Committed would make-a special effort to , improve the grounds. ■.■:.-■■ .Mr. M*Ewan said that: the'. Petone Bor- ' ough Engineer, in reporting'on the'mat. .ter,, had, stated that the area wanted top-. ■ ...dressing; "and.'if 'the grounds .were Well' ,;;• lolled they would be quite suitable for .:. hockey.; .:It would.; require . about -500' .... loads of spoil 'for the., work,' but it.wos useless putting sandon., i'ln hisidw'n opinion ■ (Mr. JTEwan' said) the hockey people ought to bemet, ,nnd the' Park .Comnyjtteo should concentrate; on threoor' four grounds, andinake them good as ■'..quickly,as. possible. -~'•"..:• : . Mr. .Cathie (president of the Hockey As-■...'-.sqciatipn), who <was,present, stated that. . ihis association was'very disappointed at .the,;slow;,progress; The: surface: was at present .too dangerous for players, and it -simply meant that they would lose them .'■ if they asked hockey players to play on : Jhe grounds as they were at present: •' If .improvements were gone on with in the present-strain 'the■ grounds :would:be' use-'' : .less, and it was for the* Park Committee ■;■• to .decide what'to do. • ■ r . ■-.. ,-' i' Mr. Macaskill thought that the onni ; : mittee should,meet the Hockey Associa- ■•■■ t loM :7, a nd":assure-them that 'everything possible would be done to improve the .ground. •..-..:' ' ir?i r- Bala wln then moved' (and Mr. MEwan: seconded) :-««That-tenders be :■:■ called for the'supply of 300 loads of spoil . to_be deposited on the Park "-Carried. ~M / -, Cathie drew attotionto the fact /* nat 'en grounds were /tendered for, but ,v, he Relieved they all-had not been jaid out.. Ho thought that, instead of the association meeting 1 ;the committco half-way, they, would ,have : to meet them' seven-eighths' of the.', way. :'.'■ ;.-;. '•■' ' M « Baldwin assured -Mr.' Cathie that : an effort would be niado to m«ot the h<ckey, players, before therseason opened. ' It was agreed to hold another meetin" pext week,, to consider J the" tenders.'-.'