BOXING

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3051, 12 April 1917, Page 6

BOXING

ANNUAL MEETING OF N.Z. COUNCIL. The annual meeting of the New Zealand Boxing Council was presided over by Mr. J. It. Evans.. The fifteenth annual report stated that in view of the position in regard to tho war all local championship tournaments had been abandoned, as were consequently the Now Zealand and the Australasian championship meetings. Ono or twb minor events were carried out, mainly for youths, but that was the_ sum total of activity in public during the season. Amongst thoso who had recently given their lives for King and country were several well-known throughout the Dominion for their sterling performances in tho ring, notably Norman Bennetts (New Zealand and Australasian feather-weight champion, 1913), S. I'\ (Pat) Monaghan (New Zealand middle-weight champion, 1904 and 1912), and Alfred Gault (New Zealand light-weight professional champion, 1912). The balance-sheet showed receipts £136 and expenditure £17 13s. 6d., leaving a credit balance of £118 6s. lOd. On the motion of tho chairman, the report and balance-sheet were adopted. Officials were appointed as follow: — Patron, Hon. A. L. Hordman; committee, Messrs. C. T. Aschman, C. J. Cooper, J. If. Evans, J. E. Grierson, F. W. Johnston, A. It. Kirk, and J. It. Olliver; honorary secretary-treasurer, Mr. W. G. Atack; honorary auditor, Mr. H. E. Marsh. Mr. J. R. Evans was elected chairman of the committee, and Messrs. C. T. Aschman, A. U. Kirk, and the chairman were elected an executive. In view of existing conditions it was decided to suspend the rule relating to the payment of fees by local associations. ' It was also decided that the New Zealand and the Australasian championship meetings for 1917 should be abandoned.