CONTROL OF RACING
COMMISSION POSTPONED RESULT OF THE WAR GOVERNMENT'S DECISION [BY TELEGRAPH —SPECIAL BEPOBTEB] WELLINGTON, Wednesday Because of the war the Government has decided to postpone its plan for appointing a commission to iiivestigate the control and conduct of racing in New Zealand. The Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Parry, said to-day that the plan had not been cancelled, but war conditions had made its postponement necessary. "The war has resulted in it being put on one side," Mr. Parry said. "The Government has at the moment about as much as it can do without being involved in this matter.'' Ifc was intended, Mr. Parry continued, to go into the whole matter of the control and conduct of racing. There had also arisen certain questions of permits and possible readjustments, and in some cases questions as to whether existing clubs should continue as separate entities or should amalgamate. The order of reference prepared for the proposed commission was particularly brief, but gave a very wide field. The members of the commission had not been selected, the Minister added. It was originally proposed that the commission should sit this year.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23487, 26 October 1939, Page 10
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193CONTROL OF RACING New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23487, 26 October 1939, Page 10
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