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IN GOING TO SEE DERBY DENOUNCED BY BRITISH LABOUR MEMBER. SEAMEN & “SCROUNGERS.” u (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 1.10 p.m.) LONDON, July 2. “We have no right to allow seamen to sacrifice their lives to enable a large number of lazy scroungers to enjoy themselves,” declared Mr E. Shinwell (Lab.) in the House of Commons, complaining that a large crowd had attended the Derby, using up valuable supplies of petrol. The Home Secretary (Mr Herbert Morrison) replying, said that the 1941 race programme included 93 days of racing and 67 meetings, compared with 331 race days and 159 meetings in 1938. The removal of transport facilities for a meeting like the Derby would come very near to banning recreation and enjoyment altogether. The Government was of opinion that horse racing should continue in a restricted form and that the bloodstock industry should not bo imperilled,
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 July 1941, Page 6
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149USE OF PETROL Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 July 1941, Page 6
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