THE BURNS-SQUIRES FIGHT.
Sir,—l was very sorry to so© in your'imMt v fof ,the 25th inst. tho detailed and degrading j account of tho fight .which 1 took place id 'h - Sydney between the two boxing champions, ■:i; ; The iscene nt Rushcutters' Bay, witnessed by , ~ 18,000 spectators, some of whom are :said ta>*% have paid a high price for a seat, none lees v : than lOs, I believe, was a disgrace to civilisa4 ' tion, let alone Christianity/and should bo 1,1 ; put down by the strong arm of the law.l In a recent issue of the Herald "we were toid that 1■! a tournament was being got up in Auckland! f# for ' the edification 'of tho visitors from'/' America.-, I• think it should have: been said, i for demoralisation of; all concerned. Talk; * about the bull-fights in benighted Spain, wo. are fast tending ; towards equal barbarity.! The report from Sydney says that £1000 waa."is J ; paid : for permission to take.'& cinematograph' v ri picture of tho brutal contest, and | that probably the pioture will be reproduced in New Zealand at an early date. U; For ono, I enter; «§l my protest against this, and sincerely hop©' & our Government will / find somo means "o£ ' preventing its being shown here. Warkworth. - , . J. D. Jobt, , ; f . . £\ : -•••" /"■ V' 'v ■■■■■ '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13845, 3 September 1908, Page 3
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214THE BURNS-SQUIRES FIGHT. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13845, 3 September 1908, Page 3
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