Motions on sports policy
PA Wellington] The value of the Govern-' ment’s sports policy was] raised in Parliament again] > yesterday. with notices of l •motion from National and I Labour members. Mr B. E. Brill (Nat., Kapiti),] giving notice of a private ; member's motion, deplored! I that, "as a result of unpatri[otic and destructive actions] ]of a small group of New Zea-] Handers, our country has been . ! prevented from competing, [against such countries asi Cameroun, Tanzania, Kenya, I Chad, and the Congo.” I In the motion, Mr Brill i I asks that the House note ] I with approval that, at the I I Olympic Games, the “Chinese] |team” was prepared to box] I with representatives of the] I Soviet Union, Israelis were .prepared to run against Arabs, and Cubans were prepared to swim against Americans despite the wide political difference between those groups. I In another notice of [motion, Mr W. W. Freer | (Lab., .Mount Albert) asks the I Prime Minister (Mr Muldoon); to censure the High Commis-1 sioner in London (Mr D. J. I Carter) on the ground that,] although his political affilia-i tion is the same as the pres-1 ent Government’s his per-1 sonal views on apartheid are at marked variance with the Prime Ministers. Referring to a recent statement from Mr Carter that the South African Government! used rugby tours to bolster] apartheid, Mr Freer said any, failure either to withdraw or! censure Mr Carter implied i the beginning of a change in I Government policy on sports] contacts with South Africa.]
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