BOXING.
On Thursday next, the first occasion on which tho local association has promoted a tourney at I'etone, tho I'alaco Tlicatroj I'etone, promises to bo woll filled with pntrons of boxing, and 110 fault should bo found with tho sport. Burns, a jwpular exponent, will meet Lectio, well' known throughout tlio city, in a fifteen-round contest, which promises to bo of moro than average interest. Four amateur bouts of five rounds each aro also down for decision. tho principals in each caso being a Wellington mail opposed to n Petono man. Great interest is boinc displayed by suburban'enthusiasts 111 tho
doings of the local exponents, and as a good contingent of city patrons and supporters are exported, tho contestants on both sides will not lack • supporters and encouragement. A special train will leavo Lambton at 7 o'clock, and return after tho tournament. Tickets for n limited number of stago scats may bo procured from Armit's.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1054, 18 February 1911, Page 13
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155BOXING. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1054, 18 February 1911, Page 13
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