Request In Order But Wrong Authority Approached
"This is rather a new one," was the comment of the Horowhenua County Council's chairman, Mr. A. "M. Colquhoun, when a letter was received from the Ixion Motor Cycle Club at yesterday's month1y meeting of the council. The club wrote asking for the council's approval to the holding of a motor' cycle race on the Otaki Beach, north of the Waitohu Stream, on December .3. The letter added that the club hoped to have the New Zealand beach championships held in the district. this season. It had been in existenoe for 21 years, and a detailed description of the precautions taken for safety was given. The chairman added to his comment that the council had no objection but it had no jurisdiction over the area, the Marine Department being the authority. In regard to traffic in the'vicinr ity, that was the Transport Department's business.
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 September 1949, Page 4
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