SWIMMING.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2001, 7 March 1914, Page 12

SWIMMING.

TBt "SiLisfl. 1 "! THE fiEifTBE '■&' ITS ORATORS, ft Room of d : lsoro"ir : » It is time that the Wellington iSwiinfnin.g Centre settled down and did some \yor/lk. ".Spist.sh" has been to many centra meetings. Mid he Tuts never' known the business 'to go through without a liitoit. The meeting held on Wednesday night proved no -exception, lih fact, 'tiio raepting was wars© th.an its predecessors.

much talking and squabbli-jig-, one or two nviiiflr iilatters Wel'O dealt \yfch.i and then Sir, F, AVtitpn, with an armful of correspondence,, held thp floor.Ho proc-ended, wife the aid of a n'umuof at letters, to show how th 6 se.eret*r,Y Btwl executive- of this- -eefft.ro- had ■Hooted the rules of the oaiJ.tfe. s'tf, Yi'fitoii Wished 'to- call a special meeting ei' ctetesates, ami with this end in view life had a reqnisit'i.o-n. signed, and fartva.rfjo.d to tho secretary. This s'psp.M ■rneetiiig was called., and Sir', vn'l" ton dasife.il to know why tlio .sccVetafy ten! refused te'liillrl- tho reQliitenlfeuts. ■<rf the requisition. ... Tho secretins' tepiied that oiio at the five delegates who signed tlio requisition Was oil un-miaiieiai niem-her of the centre, aM therefore: lie could, not call 'the meeting, ' to this Mr, Wilton replied., that 'if Midi ivas the case the seewstjifry shouldi hiiTO notified him, aiSd Sfi have- given hiiij an opportatyity to put tho matter in order'..

'fire ■secretary rcplipql that lis harhfor* Warded a letter to Mr. "Wilton, butt-he-latter stated that ho had not received it.

thpy warm to n. Tho ttteotiiig then became very disfirri&fl.y. livftryonc was endcfwouriiig'tfl Kpcak, arid s"omo ovesx in'dnlgod in'objectjowabjo taugiiago. The oiuy one' wjio was at ait serious was Jlr. Witeii>..*'h6 Goi.itiitue.d to co.ftd'o.iim tlie o'f't'ho executive, (lo thou moved isliat .was practiealiy a vote of ceiisUfo:- on ;tho executiye-i, aiid had the d'cjegate'S been o.f> all serous it would have' been carried. As tt'ttas it. was lost by tvfo votes. ■ ■■' The pest item, (not on jtbe. agdndj. paper) was a boated diseitssi'on botween tho chaifniaii and. two delegates:.. TJio delegates claimed the' rij|ht to view iji.O niiiiutcrboolij with a viow to-iscertaiii-' i'ng the esecutivo's action fe.garding '.s|r, Wilton's 1-ecj.uisitiait-. The chairman said that delegates Wfo peTiffitted to pe'ntse Hie .njihut'el)6ok, but not tlist of' the CxccJltlve'sv Mr. AA r ilton replied, hy quoting a rule which stated that the.te was cijity one miuivte-'beoli:. The. ckiii'mait r s attitude in denying the delegates; the right tcsoo th.fr railed executive's; coinreyfed the impression that there were thiflC'S that wight liftvo been better. HiO: discitssion becasja- very heated, and> at tinies, rfdiofllotta. In onfer to tesb tlie feeling, of d'cler gates,, Mf. Wilton rt.toy.ed that tho nieet-. ■ijig a'djoiirn for a- wti.ek, v.iicl.i tho clelo.gates will iinve ail oppßrtlUMtj' of go : i'ug through tlio minute'libok, Tlu-s motifiii Wft.S oirriedv Tho meeting brolce Up with overyono argtiing.

Sydflay Cracks at Auckland* There-- is a possibility that the Australian crack swftwiujrs (iijctad'hig. Hie chaiwp-ioJis, Hii.roid Etatdvvick and Miss I''anny i)nraok), who &ri> at present appwariiig rtt Aaieitirti'id, will appear .1)1 Wellington' mi Tlntrsday u<st. It is pas- ■ KiMuttat a carnival will bo'artntigcd tor Thursday Orating fie:::.t, to bo held ■ in eoiijuuctidu with the Citizens' CawnV va.l .Association. 'A° appearance, of Miss, jHirack In W'iiliri'Btoi should be.a-.-noteworthy -evoftt, bcc-aij-so only recently ' this la.tly was' <stwl.rtf.tl with bavin!* smashed'.several world's- Hard': wiftk defeated the Kcw JfotiHwl crack Champion at m Tuesday ■ nielat in the, first beat of tiro 22tJyd*. went. Ho, however, was be.ateii in Ms* final by C- Smton, ndw bad lOseo. start. Champion did not. st«rt in ilio l.inat. An evcinin.g cariiival, wW.li the Alrstritia.lt cracks" rarapoUn-g, slrbftid prove very attractive.