BOXING PUBLIC'S TRIBUTE
A strilung tribute to two deceased sportsmen was paid by the big crowd that. attended the boxing contest at the OWii Hall last night. Prior to the main event, -'• Mr. A. Curtayne, the chairman of the'"' Management Committee of the Wellington'" Boxing Association, addressiug the crpwd from the ring, referred to the loss suffered-: by sport in general and boxing in parti-' cular, through the deaths of Messrs. 'Frank 1 * M'Parland and James L.r Day, two vice-.': presidents of the association. He said .that their many fine qualities were knowri'.'* to all, and the Management Committee" had thought that the boxing public should be given an opportunity to express theit"1?' tribute to ( the memory o£ the two men, and sympathy with their families. The big' gathering stood iff silence for several" seconds. : • ■■■■
The .members of the Miramar Boxing Club who appeared in the preliminary contests ■ wore orepe arm bands as a tri-
Bute to Mr. M'PiuTand, irho had been one, of their most enthusiastic supporters. • V Mr. E. G-. Makin represented the XowZealand Kennel Club at the fnneral p5 > it-he late Mr. M'Padaad pa Saturday
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 117, 20 May 1930, Page 7
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