FOOTBALL.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 April 1927, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

The following players have been chosen to represent the Excelsior Football Club in their first fixture against Uniteds at Greymouth on Saturday next:—Nightingale, T. Staines, Houston. Christenson, Poison. J. King, Kinloch, Shaw, Best, Eager, A. King, Barron, Hahn, Freitas, Preston, McMinn, Montagu.

[liY TELECKAPI! PEIt PItESS ASSOCIATION’.,

A LIVELY MEETING. DUNEDIN. April 27

An extraordinary general meeting of the Otago llugby League was held tonight. ft was called to reconsider the deliberations of the annual meeting and election of officers, at which prominent officials wore rejected. At the outset, the Chairman, Mr J. T. Cooper, refused to allow any discussion of such subjects. Legal opinion, he said, had convinced him that the meeting was out of order, and could not discuss the last clause of tin* advertised business of tin* meeting regarding a revision of rules.

Mr M. H. Seddon moved that the chairman’s ruling lie not sustained. An uproar followed. The chairman refused the motion.

Mr H. Divers (late secretary) suggested the chairman should vacate the chair while the motion was being discussed.

The chairman would not budge from his position.

Mr T. Gillies moved the appointment of a committee to consider the revision of the rules, and a host of speakers to the motion used the opportunity to speak of “Hole and corner business.” “Dirty work. ’ “Packed meetings,” and many obscure allegations and innuendoes were made. The meeting then went into committee, and after equal voting on the motion to go into committee, the easting vote of the chairman decided the issue in favour of commit tee. The meeting closed "in disorder. The one motion of a four hours' argument was never put to Ihe meeting.