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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 29, No. 1. 1966.

Holding a gun

Holding a gun

Hewitt also said that if Victoria did not pay, it could not remain associated with NZUSU and would not be eligible to compete in Tournaments.

Tate said that this was an attempt to "hold a gun" at Victoria's head.

A voting deadlock resulted and two weeks later a meeting of executive again discussed the issue.

Executive took the view that the point in issue was whether NZUSU needed secretarial facilities, not whether the payment was constitutionally authorised by Winter Council.

The payment was then passed with Tate and Lawrence dissenting.

Lawrence then threatened not to sign the cheque, and an argument developed between him and Murray Boldt about the democratic implication of this action.

Tate then attempted to secure the resignation of Mike Reynolds as Tournament treasurer. The majority of executive were not prepared to pass the motion in the absence of Reynolds, and the motion failed.

Tony Hassed, Sports Officer then moved that the Sports Committee finance regulations be approved.