IRATE MAYOR.
HAPPENINGS AT LEAGUE GAME/ (Bjj Telegraph.—Press Association.) Auckland, September 1. Tho action of a section of tlio crowd , at the Leaguo football match, NowSouth Wales v. Auckland, at tho Domain Crickcfc Ground 011 Saturday, in encroaching on tho playing area proved annoying to tho Mayor, who happoned to bo present. Mr. Parr has sinco informed tho president of tho New Zealand League (Mr. D. W. M'Lean) that unless tho League agrees to placo fifty . officials wearing badges round the play- | ing ground, he will take the responsibility of cancelling tho booking for tho i grouriil for next Saturday's.tesfc : inatch, 1 j oS'ew Soutli AVales v. Now Zealand . Mr. M'Lean and the Leaguo secretary j (Mr. H. Oakley) waited on tho Mayor ■'this morning,, at tlio latter's request, 311 connection with the matter, and tho president, lvhon spoken to later, said that ho was. ncceding to tho requests of the Mayor,' and . did not contemplate •any difficulty. 1 It may be stated-that towards tho «>nd of Saturday's game several hundreds encroached to such an extent that the small staff of polico had to adopt urgent measures to force tho intruders back to the right side of tho touch-line. , :
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1844, 2 September 1913, Page 10
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199IRATE MAYOR. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1844, 2 September 1913, Page 10
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