THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 1967, 26 January 1914, Page 5

THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

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CONFERENCE HELD. NEW ZEALAND DELEGATES WITHDRAW.' ' By Telegraph—Press Aesociation-CoiiyrlEto ■ . • • Melbourne, January 21. Delegates representing tho Various Olympic councils- nwt last night at tlic conference convened by Mr. R. .Coombes, representative for Australia i.nd New Zealand oil the International Olympic Committee. Among those present were: —New South Wales: Mr, James Taylor And Captain Vitiary Horniiuau. Tasmania: Mr. E. A. Brooke. Queensland: Mr. George Crawford and Mi';. W. Finnimore. Now Zealand: Messrs. C. E. Rridgo and W. 11. Pollock.

The meeting was convened for the purpose of forming a national governing body to control nominations and all matters connected with tho Olympic Games wherein Australia and Now &ft« land are concerned. A-mntion w'as proposed that tho organisation be called tlie Olympic Federation of Australia and Now Zeahnd.

Mr. Bridge, 011 behalf of Now Zealand announced that lie had been in■druetcd by the Dominion Olympic Conn* ril to tipjiosft. the formation of nil Australasian governing body, of which New Zealand would he only a component part, He'argued that it was the national spirit (if New Zealand which op--1 puwd llto delegating to an outside? body the management of any matters concerning the Iknsiiniim. ! The motion was enrried by votes to two, the minority the Now Zealand delegates. _ "The latter then withdrew" from the conference. The constitution framed by the confcrenco provides for a governing coiineil composed of two delegates representing the affiliated Olympic councils and one representative clectcd by subscribers in cach State or Dnmiiiinn to witJi the public funds to defray ojiiienses of Australasian competitors at the Olympiad. ... The conference has adjourned.