TO LICENSE BOXING IN NEW SOUTH WALES
Received Thursdav, 7.30 p.m. SYDX'KY. June 6. The Sta1 e Cabinet is preparing legisliition tn set U]) a Conimission to control boxiug in Xew South Wulos. The "hief proposiils are to licence ;tll ■stiuliuius iind make it necessary for boxcrs to su hm it to detailed medical exiirniiiiition before obtaining* a certifi-i-itfe. l'eriodieal medical examiiiations will be necessary before certilicates are renewed. Ministers elaim that cevtificates of i'lt ness would giutril against cases sneh iis that of Alan James Aleorn, aged 17, who eoliapsed and dieil after taking part in an amateur boxing tournament on April 26. A eoroner said at :t recent inquest that the medical exatuination of boxers before Jighls was too pert'unctory. The proposed legislation will also provide for the licensing of stadinm mantigers.
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Chronicle (Levin), 7 June 1946, Page 5
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