WRESTLING DEADLOCK
POLICE REFUSE LICENCE \ ______ A MATCH FOR WALKER [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION"] WELLINGTON, Friday The National Sporting Club's wrestling match between George Walker and Harbin Singh cannot be held on Monday. The Police Department has advised the club that as it has not staged a contest for three years, the department doubted whether it had the necessary machinery for the proper conduct of this bout. It was prepared to grant a licence for the bout, but to the Wellington Wrestling Union, so that it could have full control of the manner in which the match was staged. The National Sporting Club refuse* to accept the stipulations, contending that the inspector has no power to impose them. Mr. S. C. Childs, secretary of the club, said it was going to try to have the conditions altered. Inspector G. B. Edwards is acting under the Supreme Court judgment delivered recently'to the efFect that the Police Department is legally empowered to refuse or to issue permits according to its discretion. The rlnb has given an assurance that the bout would he conducted in an orderly and efficient manner. Further developments are expected. It is suggested that further application to the Supreme Court is likely.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22202, 31 August 1935, Page 12
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