BOXING ACTIVITIES.
| NO IMPORTING OF GLOVES. Conoeni is being felt in patriotic circle over rh» refusal of the Minister of Customs, the lion. W. Nash, tn grant a license to import atootit ]"0 sets of boxing cloves of a value of £2UU. As there are only eicht pairs of boxinc gloves available at Papuk'lra camp, and as these are not niatitifactnred in New Zealand, the New- Zealand Itoxinc Association made application to the Minister for a license to import cloves. 'J be re.plj- of the Minister was that he could not accede to the request owinc to the necessity of conserving sterling funds.
The sports sub committee or the patriotic organisation for the camp has provide.) a box,l, " t and an otliei.il states if more sieves eaniot be obtained I Den boxing. which is recognised as one of the sports of outstanding importance in physical development. will not figure largely in athletic activities at the camp
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 88, 13 April 1940, Page 6
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