DISPUTE IN SWIMMING.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1993, 26 February 1914, Page 6

DISPUTE IN SWIMMING.

SECRETARY SUSPENDED

(By T«i:cg.raj>h.-Specid) Cqrrespoadent.) '' Auckland* February 25, A special meeting of tho A.wkland Was he/ltt last evenmg to consiierao posifwn that has ro-. tently in .corineeticn with .the visit of several aiistraiian swimmers to iVe-.v. Zealand. .The largest mtmber of uelegates wlm hay© yet attempted a r/ieeting of tho centre ip Auckland was present. ' ■ . I , Tho secretary (Mr. Morton, jua.) reported that, oil Mojidaj- afternooii, ho ha<l received the following telegram from. : Mr. J. .J. Mulvihijl (lat-o secretary.of the centre, and now secretary and treasurer ot tho w artanata Club), who is at present in BlenJieim witJi flie Auckland rc- : prcsentativo .swimmers;;—"i'bur propoi sitron re Australian 'swinimers eoniravciies the agreement between the council ■ and the Wnitemata Chth. I Jiave advis?d tho <;oancil to that eff<wt." Later in the day he received the foHowiMgtek-gi-asn from Mr. T. N, Uuiidle., secretary of the Now.Zealand AmjtWf Swimming AssociatVou, Chriskh' urch:—"Sydney is asking if pemsissien lias'been granted by the conucil for a visit to Auckland. I have had noßatificntionqf any visit *sccjt through afulvilHH. who asks the ■Couneil to ptoroiit t]ie 'visit to j<iur centre iivfsivoiir of tho Waitemati Club, feply -urgent.". lii rcjply to tliis, M.r. Morton soiit tho follcwijtg telegram to Mr. Run die:—"The ■ Auckland. Cciitre : desires permission for Hardwiok* Mis? Dtitack, Thomas, Smith, atid.Lpiigvtrth to swHK at carnivals to bo lip]i:| f.» Mareli 3, Oj.jifKl 7, Balaiice-steot' held ever fer iniihw audit. .Drastic nioasnres ty peritre to-morrow night; (Sub's nffiliation feo not- to ha.ti/1. >Vi fte yon full explanation; Champion is fjfutres jepreseatati-ve,' < i«I his -entry is in order." Mr. .Morton ik'-ity t-Hc-graph(>d.to Mr. Norman Stone, eegwtary of tho Ntlson PivimmiiVg Centre, who is at present controlling the carnival at Blenheiin, st(iwjy,.iJiat CJ.'smpion ffaa Ancklaiw's rcyr-iswr-atife, a;.d his entry was iii order, ''Tllo'Auckland Centre (the wiro staled), doc* not n-cog'. also 31ulvihill in ai.y.ivay. ■ inata Club's aluiiatioM iias ti>>t lien received by tlu> centre, a'.A so he is ont of «Mlrt.'- . , ..

From the foregoing corrflspoiiUeHce it appearerl prohabie- at one time that, the Sydney sffimniers- would not come ovtfr to Auckland. At'noon yesterday, ho-iv-everi tl-io secretarj , of t.ii-6. Auckland Cejitre sent a tcfegram ; ta Mr. B.viiidle, stating that the fares had 'been fqjrwar'dc<l to Sydney, and that the Australian swimmers would leave for Auckland today. The telegram a-iso asked Mr. HvHitHo to pronounce ft.ii opiiiian as to tho position of affaii's.

Late id the afternoon.Mr. Morton re»

cdved the following reply from Mr. HMn(Jle:™".1 > (»raissioH has bomi granted; I am cabling Sydney." , The wlid'o positien. was thoroughly discnsseil by and. it. was eventually derided by a iiuaniinoxis vote; "That Jlr, J; J, MulnJiil] be su.spenilofl wiklpt, Section 6 of Seiieral E-ulo '1 ()S tlie Bi-iles of the Now /Se-alaiid Ass.nciation, whk'h. loads: 'Any club or club momtwrs shall be liable to Biispeiisidn duvitjg the.pleasure of the.ronneit, or t<i a fins not exceeding £1.0, in tho rtiscretiou of the oouncjl, in the event of its, or of his, violating thn rules of tTio association, of negleet-iii-g to comply with tho directions of tile eounsil or tlw centre's committee."