BOXING.
of Wellingtoii/Boxing Association was '■ hold -in 1 AmUViJo'oms ilasfc"eveiiing;Mr«- E.-, W. * MTiUy.> occupying ihe .chair; "There were also- .present. .Dr. >;J1 Lean,- Messrs- WCoffey,: J. - Day, \C..E. Bridge," Piatt-Mills/, Simpson, H.: D. Smith, . and J.- M. laing...••/■■.■■■* ■•'lt-was .decided: to,inform Harry- 0 Berle. that the .association .could hot give Bimi.ai'date. for'a in.attft;.;inth..;' f StaHighfc^;:;^ writer^ that ; the., assooiatibri-could■■■not-;'af^ept Police/,Offences Act" Amendment, Act precluded any-boxing contest -m / the Dominion, -- except . undeicthe; ciatian " rIP-he-Port-Nicholson. A.A-&" wrote-stating that it had.decided to hold a sports.meeting en tKo Basin iHosorvo- on-. February- 27 -m. aid - of - the hMita^>ndr-as!aijgj;i{: - .'a! could/be, arranged:,as'a-, special attraction.'-'"'A four-rouiidTspar;;. between:,;^ was suggested. •••: ... of'the;-hospital-.the asSociatioii shoiiH. grant the' request.:,.-/:'-;' ';// ',v;'. v -'" .-'"'livjiiC, .v/:';--, -/In. forwarding a letter from-a Tipiaru 1 doctor complainjngiof.. over; the'- face; of- competitors .ip'.'Boxirig.'cohte'sts aftetj'each .raiiudXa'-copyjof the'-letter has'been published),'- the Chief-Health' Officer (Dr. Ifasoii) stated that : Ke,'had':'not ; seen ;.the', jiractice : cohiplained of- at any ..Wellington' contests; but auaed \that thedisgustiiig - practice; still ; obtained 1 in. some-parts of New. Zealand; ;r- ---. Br. M'liean said that-he. bad seen tho above done once,-but the practico -was-now: to use a machine. . Personally,-, if-, he old.style used, be .would stop, it at oncei -'.'lt 'was decided to-refer, tfc letter..'tb ;tl(e'.Ne.Wj Zealand Council.'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 424, 5 February 1909, Page 6
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201BOXING. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 424, 5 February 1909, Page 6
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