Cycling.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 144, 12 May 1900, Page 3

Cycling.

■At a Special meeting of the" council '"of the League of Wheeltneu', r on Thuran ' day, the charges against -G-. Sutherland^ '-lor having -demaddM *a"Ppearance, ♦money at G-eraldine -add Wellington v were considered. 'A 6harge -was- "also • brought- up against E. 'the Canterbury '-Athletic ' aiid (Cycling 'Club, on the l gr6uitd v that when the; ' club ' had, •in -November -last, paHj -■ Reynolds his 'boat fare to come-down J from- Auckland to represent the -North' > Lland in a paced niateh" again%t Wall, ' tlie same' rule *had 'been broken. It 'was considered " that -'if "'Sutherland ' were suspended several "oth'et " riders* ' and clubs wiuld 'have- to v be Biftrilarly- - dealt with, arid the result 'would'be'a • doad lock in the apoirfc. 'If the (3anter : • bury Club were suspended, fourtjr five ' members of the' council -would be prt- ' ■vented from aotittg. 4 -Ultimately the - following resolution 'was earned :— ' '"That as there- has "been a generalwisconception as' to "the effect -of the 7 rales regarding appearance" money and 7 the payment of expenses* all breaeheslof these rules up 'to May ' 10th 'be, •eondouad." 'Both ''Strtberiaaa and Reynolds >will 'now go to Paris. ' It' ia '"stated that Tierney "arid I)raffin, „of . Auckland, have bofih 'decfded to Inkke'tbe tnp'on their owii'aedount. A meeting of the -North Canterbury 1 Centre of the League of KeW Zealand was held 'dv 'Thursday. afternoon. The Chairinftu -said that ■as notice to appear before the centre^ had nob been -served on 'X.< Lewis, th». League liad no power 6o -deal -witu' his! case, for their rules distinctly stated Hhafc no person or- -tflub -should 'be 1 auspsnded ttntil they iiatd ' -been'given an opporfeuiiity of • defending • tiiem"selves. -It 'was -©nly inadvertence that 'foe h&~''attowed Lewis' natce to 'be c<Jttpl<& •wiffe-Xiric-j ' wood's in the ' motion • I "iii t fiic'ttn'g -sus-,' ' pension- of six raonchs. s ilt (deeidedi, to rescind the minute 'regarding' t&e f " -suspension oort r Lew/s "^aad 'Eikvrdod,t • apd to reopen tlie-case/ The OHaltmom' read a letter >froo3 'Eiriwoodv rwho' explained that4ie held keen SiDaSle'to attend the meeting -through 'iridisjposition. He <danied «feat t he had ridden "^titf," i^f "Waited to jaee Sutl erlatfd. it Teddlved to give Kirkwood an opportunity r t)f vattendinor the next centre maeWg and ' his riding. '-With l regard >to: Lewis, it was decided lilat : 'notice, as* thtf r^es,ihp%bei 'eetye^ him by rneans'of tegis^red lexers;, »*ent # -oare of the^yicto^anvSnd'ilew-