A. meeting of the committee,of the •Wellington branch of the New' Zealand • Sports Protection League was held yesterday afternoon, when the necessary : arrangements were made in connection with' the, deputation which is, to wait upon the City Council this evening to urge consideration of the basis of. rating on city "sports grounds. • The speakers .at the deputation'will be Mr. C. P. Skerrott, K.C., chairman of the Board of Control, and, Mr. W. Perry, who will speak ,on behalf of the Wellington Rugby Union. It was. "also decided that the league 6hould continue to f»ivo its support in any. future action which might bo taken to secure the Day's Bay bush and recreation grounds for public purposes. Hotel and boardinghouse accommodation in'Rotorua will bo severely taxed during the ne?t fow days, according to the , Auckland "Herald." Many bowlers ,'.aro there just now for tho annual tournament,* and .a party of over 1-50 doctors, who had been, attending the 'Australasian Medical Congress at Auckland; arrived on Saturday evening. To' secure accommodation for so many was ho, easy, matter, after the heavy bookings by tho bowle.-s, but Messrs. Thos. C'ook and Son had arranged to 'secure every room becoming vacant in tho hotels and principal boardinghouses, and -by this means sufficient accommodation was obtained. The visit of so many Australian doctors to Rotorua is regarded as an important event, because it will give them an opportunity ■ of■gaining first-hand knowledge of the virtues or the mineral waters. The" balneologist (Dr. A. G. Wohlmann) will give ; a'series of demonstrations in the therapeutic and remedial measures in use at the baths. For Children's Hacking Cough at Night, ! Woods' Great Peppermint Cure,ls. fid*
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• 0 — SOME LEADING FEATURES. LEADING ARTICLES— rage. ' Turmoil in Australia 1 Markets for our Produce i Work and Brains i GENERAL NEWSThreats of Murder i Cusrioms Officers Defied '1 The Fatal Brawl u Sunday Tennis 6 Band Episode ti lIUTT AND PETONE NEWS 'G ENTERTAINMENTS G CABLE NEWS : 5 COMMERCIAL ; 8 FARMING 8 LAW, REPORTS 9 LOCAL AND'GENERAL ~.. i PERSONAL i SHIPPING AND MAILS 7 WEATHER 7 WOMAN'S WORLD 2 SPORT- . : ' The Turf ; : •" ? Sports and Pastimes .'. 8
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1988, 19 February 1914, Page 5
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