RACING IN WAR-TIME
"NOT AN ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY."
Mr. M. J. Mack, of the. Third Wellington Military Service Board, holds vory strong views about racing in war time. A recent case before the boajd \
was that of the starter for various racing clubs at their periodical meetings. -. Hβ enlisted on January 31, to report, for duty, on April. 2, but he applied to the board for an extension of time until May.2, .on the ground that it this leave were given him he could earn at meetings to occur during the month of. April fees amounting to £105. The hoard granted leave until April 28.' . . .- T „ . Mr. Mack has put in the following minority judgment:—"l.regret to have to dissent from the finding. of the majority of tl» board, on the 'ground that I do not regard horse-racing as an essential industry, and further that there .is not the slightest doubt in my mind that horse-racing is absorbing a largo.number of men who could be more profitably employed. The appellant's ground of .the loss of £105 in fees is unworthy of consideratioivwhen compared with the sacrifices made by small farmers, business men, and others."
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3024, 10 March 1917, Page 8
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192RACING IN WAR-TIME Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3024, 10 March 1917, Page 8
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