MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 130, 26 February 1919, Page 6

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

SPORTS BODIES INTERESTED. ■ The membership of the incoming City •Council is a matter in which interest is ibeing evinced by sports bodies in Wellington. At last night's meeting of the ■Management Committee of the Wellington'"Crioke'tuVssociation the following ; letter, from the Wellington Football Association was readjrv'The election of Wellington City councillors is to take placo in April, and the composition of the council is of the utmost importance to the. sports, bodies of the city. Foi a considerable number of years past sports bodies, espeoially those controlling winter pastimes, have been subjected'to niittuly heavy,charges for the use of , our corporation Teservee. We contend that, as citizens providing clean and healthy sport for the upbringing of future citizens, we are entitled to consideration at the .hands of the council. The charges are unquestionably exorbitant, and weigh heavily on s thc slender finances of strugplini? sport's bodies A meeting is called for Wednesday, March 5.' when the wholo position will bo reviewed. A number of gentlemen who arc 1 probable candidates for citr councillo'rship will attend nnd place their views Wfore the meeting.- Wo propose to ask members of snorts bodies on the'roll to pledge themselves tn candidates ivho are in sympathy with our just demands."

Mr. ,V. B. Willis '(secretary) said the Cricket Association had no grievance against the City Council, c-icopt that tho same charges were made for grounds which were not used on account of wet weather. • . ■

*fr, C. G. Wilson, chairman of the 'committee, thought the association should lf> represented at the meeting to hear wjiat grievances there 'were. , f It wne "decided thnt members of the 'committee who cared to attend ehould go to the meeting as representatives of the association.