ATHLETICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 9, 4 February 1909, Page 2

ATHLETICS.

THK KIVAIj EXECUTIVES. r J!)- Telegraph.— l l re«s Association. I'hristclnm'h, Lust Night. At, a meeting of the council of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association to-night, a. letter wns read from thi' *ecretiirv of the Australasian Athletic Union to the effect that he had reiceived a letter from a body with headquarters at Wellington ami claiming to«ovcrn amateur athletics in the Dominion, which had been appoincd at a confere nee held in Christchuich. In thfr i-iivinnsiiinces the executivo of theUnion had sent a copy of the letter t»

the atliliated associations in Australia. Mini had asked t'hern to instruct tilevxecutive how to proceed. It wns decided to reply expressing surprise tliati such a • ■ouiimmieation had been received 'from such a body without acknowledgment of the fact having been submitted to the council. Subsequently the council waited on the Canterbury centre, with a request that the centre jiliaulil w rite to tlie Wellington council, and suggest that one championship meeting should be held, the funds to be held in trust for the puruos,. Nt sending « tenm '.from tlie Dominion to compete in lieAustralasian chiinipionnhijM to be held in Queensland. The centre, after discussion. could not see their way to complywith the council's request, and thechairman of the council undertook' towrite to Wellington council on the subject, The Otngo centre wrote informing the Canterbury centre that they bad decided to accept the championships offered by the Wellington council,