FOOTBALL.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 May 1923, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. SOCCER TEAM’S PASSAGES. WELLINGTON, May 9. At a meeting of the Council of the New Zealand Football Association to night, the Secretary (Air Salmon) reported that ho had not yet received any intimation from Air Story (Secretary of tlie New South Wales Football Association) that passages for the New Zealand team to leave for Australia next Friday had been secured. All transport arrangements at this end have been made including the assembling of the team in Wellington, hut the shipping company advised that no passage had been booked.

The Chairman said the position wa» grave and most unbusinesslike.

Tt; was decided to send a cable stating that if berths are not secured hy Saturday the team will be withdrawn.

DELAY DUE TO A f.T SAPP REH EXSION. SYDNEY, AI ay 11. The Secretary of the Association Football Union sent a cheque to the Union Steamship Coy. for the full amount of the passages. It. is said that the delay was due to a misapprehension that the New Zealand managers had already secured berths for which a settlement was to be made when the team arrived in Sydney. BERTHS RESERVED. SYDNEY, Alay 11. The Union Company had - reserved berths for the New Zealand Association football team in the Alarama leaving New Zealand on the 18th. The officials of the X.S.W. Association consider that it would have been wiser if New Zealand had consulted them before wiring the supposed grievance through the press. LONDON, Alay 10. At Association football England heat France hy four goals to one.