CASE OF FREE ADVICE

NZ Truth, Issue 1173, 24 May 1928, Page 12

CASE OF FREE ADVICE

Was McKendrick Discourteous To New Brighton Officials? (From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Auckland Representative.) ' / , TN Auckland the Free Advice case is causing no end of discussion.

THE doings of The Abbey have been 1 forgotten m the latest little bit of turf sensation. . Free Advice is owned m Auckland and no doubt this, together with some whisperings from Christchurch, is causing many to sit up and watch the ! proceedings. Placed second through alleged inter- • ference after winning the Eclipse Handicap at New Brighton, it was only natural that an appeal would be forthcoming, but this — promptly ruled out of order by the clvb — went before the Trotting Association. The matter, referred back by i that body. to the club, did not see , any change, the previous decision i being adhered to. However, the New Brighton officials tax G. McKendrick with not having 1 the courtesy to reply to their messages iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiii

informing him when the hearing was to take place. "N.Z. Truth" found McKendriok not inclined to discuss the case, but he stated that when the wire arrived m Auckland he was out of town, his secretary replying to that effect. Just where the discourtesy comes m is hard to see, for McKendrick, when appealing to the Trotting Association, notified that body, that owing to pressure of business he could not make any journey from Auckland to the south. Free Advice's owners (the McKendrick brothers) are content to leave matters to the Trotting Association. They voice the opinion, however, that a lot of undue publicity has been given to a case m which they appear to have suffered most as business men. iniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiinniiiiiiiinii