FOOTBALL.
THE NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL. By Telegraph. —Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. At a meeting of the Council of the New Zealand Football Association, Mr. H. MeKeown presided. An application from the Westland Association for affiliation to the New Zealand Council was granted. A letter was received from the Hawke's Bay Association, stating that Poverty Bay were anxious that Hawke's Bay should send a boys' team to Gisborne, but as the local Association's funds did not permit of this they asked the Council to assist them. The secretary stated that he had replied that the Council had no funds to spare to assist the Hawke's Bay Association, and his action was confirmed. The Football Association, London, wrote that at the present time they were unable to entertain New Zealand's request that an English team should tour the Australasian colonies. ' The OtagoAssociation wrote that they would allow their challenge for the Brown Shield to stand over till next season. Letters were received from the chairman and secretary of the Taranaki Association regarding the controversy among the officials of that body, but the Council decided to take no action.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 117, 3 October 1912, Page 8
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187FOOTBALL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 117, 3 October 1912, Page 8
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