NEW ZEALAND UNION.
WELLINGTON, August 5. The Management Committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union met to-night. Tho suspensions imposed by the West Coast Union on players for fighting and using bad language were endorsed. The Hawke's Bay Union is required to 6end particulars concerning the suspension of a player till the end of the season for appearing on the field under the influence of liquor. The Ahuriri Club's appeal against the five years' suspension of a member by the Hawke's Bay Union for striking a player, using bad language, and assaulting a referee, was. dismissed, but the union will be asked to reconsider the matter with a view of reducing the penalty. A letter from the English Union regarding proposed alterations in the laws of the game said the Home unions had been asked to join in a conference with the colonial unions on. the matter. The Scottish and Irish Unions were willing to discuss the matter with the other Home unions, but not with the colonials. Wales suggested that the question of a oenference be discussed by the International Board. The English Union would bring the matter before the International Board, but in the meantime it would be unwise to sanction the proposed alterations.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 11 August 1909, Page 61
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206NEW ZEALAND UNION. Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 11 August 1909, Page 61
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