"NOT A SQUEAKER."

Shannon News, 12 April 1927, Page 4

"NOT A SQUEAKER."

TROWERN REPLIES TO PURDY. Reg., Trowem writes to the Auckland Star:— ""Referring to your remarks' on Purely, I have to say I am sure Purely is not half as anxious to meet me as 1 am to meet him, after the beating I gave him in. Wanganui. It is a singu-lar-thing Purdy does not trouble about the money now, when I had to guarantee him £IOO win, lose or draw out of a purse of £l5O to meet him the first time. He also agreed to give me a return fight, which he later refused to do when Wellington offered to put on a fight. A few days ago .the N.B.A. offered me a fight with Purdy, purse £1;~0. . I refused because 1 have always been a good draw the four times I have fought here and considered I was worth a €2OO purse. The N.B.A. also offered me a fight with Purdy as champion fcr a purse of £2OO and as I considered he was.not entitled to one championship I refused for that reason, I hart beaten Purdy on the last three fights in Wellington, Invercargill and Wanganui. There were three different referees and the spectators endorsed the decision on each ccca.ion, there being not more than half a pound differonce in the weight in each fight. I wrote previous to the Palmerston North fight, to the New Zealand Boxing Council, stating; I could make 9st 91b and was prepared to fight for the title after that fight, Purely refusing to carry on with the fight.

"I am not a squeaker like some boxers, who complain through the papers every time they are beaten, but please note I had only seven days' notice in which to tiain down to 9st 121 b for the Grime fight; On the Friday prpvious to the fight, I dropped three and a half pounds in twenty-four hours as. a result of iufluenza and was advised to pull out, but refused."

tactual payments, £2773 3s 8d; proposed estimate, £2BOO. This is offset by the receipts. The expenditure is chiefly in connection with the Medical Officer's salary. District nursing: Estimate last year, £600; actual payments, £571 16s Id; proposed estimate, £6OO/-- This item provides for three district nurses; one at Palmerston North, one at Feilding and one at Mangahao. There are certain donations and subscriptions which offset the greater part of this item. Administration: Estimate last year, £2200; actual payments, £1991 19s 7d; proposed estimate, £2IOO. Amounts paid to other Boards and separate .institutions: Estimate last year, £4500; actual ...payments, £3609 4s; proposed estimate, £3500. This item provides for the maintenance of patients in the Pukeora Sanatorium, the Qtaki Sanatorium, the Hanmer Queen Mary Hospital and the Rotorua King; George V. Hospital. Interest on loans: Estimate last year, £3300; actual payments, £2890 lis, proposed estimate, £4500. Awajmni farm maintenance: Estimate last-year, £900; actual payments, £BBI 4s 2d; proposed estimate, £BOO. The farm working account for 192627 again shows a profit though not so hrtge- a profit as. last.year. Refund to Public Account to adjust subsidy: Refund last year, £BO4 18s 9s; refund this year, £744 7s. 6d. This refund is made to' comply with the Act.