Council Policy On Sunday Sport

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30128, 11 May 1963, Page 5

Council Policy On Sunday Sport

“Just another paid holiday” was the description given Anzac Day when an application for a Sunday Gokart meeting was be.ng considered by tl.e Rangiora County Council yesterday

The comment arose after Cr F A Moore had re-

ferred to the amount of sport, particularly golf played about the country or Anzac Day. which many persons considered "holier than a Sunday.” If it was good enough to play sport on an Anzac Day said Cr Moore, he could not see why an application for a go-kart meeting on Sunday. to raise funds for a fil- ' ration plant for the Southbrook school, should not be granted The application was grantee subject to a starting time of not earlier than 1 p.m. and the council also decided to establish as a policy the granting of three permits for Sunday entertainment annually. An earlier suggestion of two Sundays was increased to three because of the custom already established of the Rangiora air nageant being held on the Sunlay of Labour Week-end Changed View Needed It was tune a changed view was taken of Anzac Day which was becoming “just another paid holiday" said Cr L. J Stokes commenting on Cr Moore s remarks The outcome of a recent survey of school—•hildren bad been ’just staggering" in the number of ■hildren it showed had no idea of what Anzac Day was about Sunday sport is "against my orinciples. but perhaps I’m old and antiquated tn my views, said Cr Stokes, referring to the rppheation of the school °arent-Teacher Association to hold a go-kart meeting on June 30. If the rich had rheir golt >n a Sunday the council could erant ’his application "for a <wimmmg poo) for the kids' -aid Cr Moore If the council granted this it •ould have a succession of anolications said Cr D Ensor He asked whether a oolicv of so many days a vear should be established A go-kart meeting was a little different frn-n a golf club said Cr H G Guy If the council limited the number of applications said •he chairman <Cr C L Morriss' a ballot would have to be held when apolicattons came in Vo'se -jfstvr-b-ng other residentwas one of the factor® to be ak=n into consideration Wrhy not race meetings—«ame ■hine’ said Cr Stokes ’’Therc wov’d be a fuss then ” ’lf the council ’.nnroves thi® ■t ’ake« rhe l‘d off” said Mr Mn-rtss -no we want that*” The anplication was annroved after Cr Stokes indicated he would move a further motion with the tn’entton of restrictng the number of Sundays for which the council would Issue oermits.