TELEGRAMS.
[by TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION CLUB FORGETS THE PERMIT. CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 13. At the Magistrate’s Court at Culverden to-day, before Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M., 18 officials of the Waiau Racing Club were charged with having held a race meeting at Waiau on January 6th without having first obtained a permit from the Minister of Internal Affairs, as required by the Race Meetings Act, 1909. A formal plea of ‘guilty was entered. It was explained that two or three years ago, owing to a change of the secretary and other officials, a race meeting was held, for which, through ignorance of the law on part of the executive, no permit was obtained. The attention of the Club was not called to their omission, and another meeting was held in 1921. This year’s programme was passed by the District Committee, and the Trotting Association, and the fact of the permit being required did not occur to any member of the Executive. There was no doubt that, had an application for a permit been made, it would have been granted without question. His Worship said it was quite clear that the breach was not a wilful one. li the circumstances he would record a conviction, and order each to pay 7s costs.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 February 1922, Page 2
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