RACING PERMITS
SCOPE OF COMMISSION
EVIDENCE TO BE TAKEN.
In reply to Mr. L. M. Isitt (Christchurch North), "%he Prime Minister said to-day in the House of Representatives that it was practically certain that the Racing Commission would' take evidence in the four chief centres. The commission comprised gentlemen who would be anxious to carry out their duty fully and fairly.
The Minister of Internal Affairs (Hon G. J. Anderson) said that every application that had been made for a permit would be submitted to the commission, which would travel all ovei the country for the purpose of hearing evidence and seeing for themselves the conditions. It was his desire that evidence should be heard in the smaller districts even more than in the four centres.
Mr. Isitt, wished to know if the Commission would also take evidence on the economic and moral aspects of 'the question.
The Minister replied that the commission was governed by the Act and its own view of what inquiries it was necessary to make. He had received a number of suggestions as to the course to be followed by the commission,-. but he was legally advised that evidence could only be taken in accordance with the authority given by the Act. That authority was sufficiently wide to cover the necessary, inquiries. •
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Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 112, 8 November 1920, Page 8
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217RACING PERMITS Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 112, 8 November 1920, Page 8
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