EMPIRE GAMES

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 73, 27 March 1934, Page 16

EMPIRE GAMES

ATHLETIC NOMINEES

NO ANNOUNCEMENT YET

Following a long discussion in committee, the council of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association decided last evening •to await the result of representations to be placed before the executive of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association before finally determining its nominees for inclusion in the New Zealand team for the British Empire Games to take place in London in August next. Ihe meeting was presided over by the president, Mr. R. W. McVilly WpII- n°mlnati°ns. T^ere received from the Wellington and West Coast (North Isff, Centres. The council was notified was ca Bs otfollo^ "* °f ™™^*

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F HS aharpiey ßay:PoVerty Ba3r-L D"sc°n' T. G. Broadway, J B Macfarlane, A. T. Anderson. T r^Tr^f G- P"11". E. C. Brown, prSi"«Ol'l>S ,n? minati°n was not considered, there being no walking events on the programme and two of the Otago "ommees, Spillane and Cameron, were declared to be ineligible, owing tcTine rufe Pettor 0 ™n h sta<*d atW^ can be a competitor at the Games. a^ etai'V f th? n?rainees' performances and also discussion m regard to the financial aspect w-ith special reference to the decision of the Olympic and Empire Games Association that the balance of the expenses over and above steamer fares and the billeting provided in England must be the responsibility of the national associations concerned, were taken, in commit-' lit a I Sllbject of finance jt ™>s deUfr d \ Onl\mo^ "Of the hon. secretary (Mr L. A. Tracy), seconded by Mr. W F. Ingram, to write to the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association asking it to contribute equally with the N.Z.A.A.A. towards the extra expense, over and above the money provided by the British Empire Games Council for -England, ot each athlete, "and to receive a deputation from the N.Z.A.A.A Messrs A. Urquhart, F. M. Reid, and L. A. Tracy were_ deputed to wait on the Olympic and i.mpire Games Association. It is hoped that arrangements can be made for the executive of the Olympic and Empire Games Association to receive the deputation this week.