RESIGNS AS A PROTEST
CHAIRMAN OF DOMINION WRESTLING UNIONMATCHING OF OVERSEAS PROFESSIONALS Wellington, This Da>. Mr J. D. Willis who has been a [member of the executive of the Dominion Wrestling Union since it was , formed in 1929 and its chairman for the past seven years, announced to-day that he had resigned from the committee. Mr Willis explained that although his relations with his former colleagues remained wholly amicable he had resigned as a protest against the decision to match overseas professionals in the Dominion this season. He was wholly in favour of amateur wrestling being given all possible encouragement and had no objection to matching of local professionals. He considered, however, that in the present circumstances foreign wrestlers should not be brought in to amuse the New Zealand public.— P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 29 July 1941, Page 5
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131RESIGNS AS A PROTEST Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 29 July 1941, Page 5
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