SWIMMING.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1668, 7 February 1913, Page 6

SWIMMING.

'. CONFERENCE AT; WANGANUI.

(By Telegraph.—Prcaa Assoolatioi)

'■J : Wnhganui, • ; , A conference of visiting delegates- frofflj' ; ' centres represented-at.tho New Zealandi • Swimming Championship .Meeting; was.f.held this morning. Mr/P. Turnbull pre-, - sided. J.Tie delegates present wero: Jy X.;. 'Hahnayarid B. W.oods (Hatfko's Bay), D<-;■'■-.-"M'Farlano (Wariganui), S:' Kich; and;" El- • V. dridgo'(Canterbury), Atkins."andaShieldiv;.', (Wellington);''Stono and Emmcrson (Nohv-> son), ; and Dickie and Thorpo.(Auckland)." ■:. After' the 'minutes', of the last confer-' -. ence had bccn.read Mr. Q. Rich'said-that; ; it was no use confirming'the minutes for,v the roason'that remits contained tuercm;..',' had not-been forwarded to-tho Now Zea-'-v land Council. ', ,-'.-' "; ;. .';. . , 1'; Messrs. M'Farlane, Woods, and ' tn«, -' chairman considered that the minutes .'•,.- should bo read first, arid business arisinfc ' therefrom could be dealt with afterwards.,, . This-was -decided upon and the minutes; were confirmed. ■. ■ /' ~. . In the discussion -which ' ensued Mr... . Atkins moved: That it ho .a recoriinicnda-" •-, tion to tho council, to adopt the recom.. mendations made bythe"conferences.with. . modifications (if any),"'but;not:with regard. to '.'financial 'mnttcre,—Carried.'■';;■'" ■■'■■'•' , The following; remit was' discussed, and- •; .adopted and'is. to be forwarded'to, tho; New Zealand 1 Council:—"That tho championships, be allotted in rotation by tho' ■; , council and, in'the event of a centre be- ' ing unable to carry out same, the- cham-' pionships will'go.to the .next centre fob- ' ■lowing." -'-. ■'■ -'' Mr.'Rich,;in the absence of the Otago delegates, advanced : tho..claims of Dun-, odin for the: next championships. He moved the following amendment: "That, ... it bo'a recommendation .to tho council; . that the championships be allotted to tlio affiliated centres in -rotation; always re-' ■ serving, the'right to allot to tho Otago' Centre <the championships when that'eeti-, tro bos a bath to cqnduot the mcetinfr."; Mr. Turnbull withdrew his motion in favour of the amendment-which was car- . t . Tied..- ."'■'■., -- ; '■■ ■', ' •.:.•'■ "■'". '■'. ,'' \Mr. 6. flich,moved: "That.it bo a re-/ •commendation to the New Zealand Swim- r miug Association, When 'calling for tenders for medals/ to, do so in accordance with tho rules." Delegates.expressed tho. opinion .'that,'if tho -New Zealand .Coiin- : > cil offered a medal and «t its valuo down , at' JG2'> 35.,' tho medal should bo' worth ', that amount, : , - ', The question .of the eligibility, of:Npr-i ' them ' League footballers; competing da amateur.swimmers,- was discussed at con--, siderable leneth. .Tho feeling of the dele-' ' . gates generally was that footballers who; .' played for money - should bo,, debarred' ' from taking part'in amateur swimming,"-■..?'■ The discussion' arose out of; tho'follow-'-' ing motion, moved.• by. .Mr. Atkins:— "That the Wellington Centre, enters its' ' ? protest against . Northern Union [ ft»t-''-'. bailers (playing under- that .game as at ' present constituted in . New .Zealand) competing as ainatour. swimmers." .An . .amendment, moved by Mr. Hannay, was ruled out of order as being in'direct opposition to fho motion. The.motion by.. Mr.'Atkins was declared .lost'by six;-'to -\ "five.- ; ". : ; " •■•'."' -•- :■ ' .-"' ■ '.'.-.i. ; -v

Mr. Rich'stated that the last conference had decided to recommend' that thd championships, now being'held' in Wanga-i nui, bo allotted to HawkcTßay, but this remit was, like all others passed at tho' last conference—it was not forwarded" to' tho council. .He, therefore, moved: "That the next championship meeting bo granted to'. Hawko's Bay.'.' ....

• Tho Nelson delegates . Pointed out that : tho council had appointed the next chain* ;' pionships to the Nelson Centre. Tho moi lion was'nogatived,- " ' ■ ■■',-■:■ The" matter of tho secretary's honorarium was raised by Mr. Atkins, who ; strongly protested against the council's' paying a honorarium'of jeiS -to the secretary, He would inovo moro in this direction .as; a protest-against tho man- ■ ' n»r.in which tho council's work 'was >" : carriod out, .... ■■■'■■.■ ,■> Discussion then '■ ousued : as to whether the secretary was a professional in being paid. .£ls, and'the chairman gavo % it as', his opinion that a< "honorarium" did'not limko a professional of tho,secretary, but that,' if ho was paid a "salary" ho wouldl become'a professional. Mr'. Rich thought that .the time was ripo ' for a' New Zealand team of four- • teen to visit Australia. .They might 'not win much, but" the! gain in .experience; would bo considerable. :lle would movo that it be a suggestion to tho* council to invito suggestions frdm'lhc; various cen- .' tres relative to the advisability of send? ing a team to Australia. The motion was » carried unanimously. It was resolved that tho ladies' standard for the.loo yards bo ; BGscc. ; ; "';'■" ," : , ;• Tho appoihtnlent of polo referees'was ' discussed, and' a resolution' was passed, to tlie effect that it bo 0. recommendation . to tlie council that an association of polo . referees be' formed, from'; which the council could make 'nn.: appointment'.of.,referees for championship'matches. The .conference concluded with votes of thanks to the chair and secretary.