CONTROL OF BOXING
(Per Press Association.) CHHISTCHURCII; this day. TllT* assistance of Canterbury members of Parliament in obtaining recognition ■«p£the New* - Zealand Amateur Bpxjng Association was sought by a deputation from the association which waited on members of Parliament this morning. Mr. W. G. A tack said there was an Act of Parliament in existence controlling boxing. Under that Act the Minister of Internal Affairs had power to grant recognition of the organisations controlling boxing in New Zealand. What was wanted w'as to remove amateur boxing sport from professional control. In Australia the amateurs were uludef separate control, but in New Zealand a professional body controlled the amateurs as well. 1
The, meeting agreed not to take any concerted action until they had had an opportunity of hearing the other side of the question.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19270323.2.91
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16297, 23 March 1927, Page 11
Word Count
134CONTROL OF BOXING Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16297, 23 March 1927, Page 11
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in