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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17228, 7 April 1930, Page 11

The electrical staff working in connection with the installation of the automatic telephone system in Hastings is now busy in preparation for installing the general supply through thb district early next year. Though the boxing enthusiasts of this district ire ke’fert t6‘ take the fullest advantage of {he favorable impression created upon the public bV the most recent tournament held urtdfer the auspices of the Gisborne Boxing Association, it is unlikely that any further tournaments will be planned until after the association ftas held its 'anlifial meeting and elected the committee for the ensuing year. Officials of the association are discussing with interest a suggestion that one of the outstanding lightweights of the professional boxing world be matched with Gus Fitzmaurice, but it is' the collective opinion among authorities on the game that the young boxer would be well advised to accept as many fights as he can with others of his present dm- He has won three fights oh end, and the hardest blow he has received has not seemed to trouble him much, largely dne to his clever evasion, bht agaiiifst Morgan, who has been suggested as a good opponent for »Fitzmaurice, the Gisborne lad might 4 well be made to appear a novice, finwant of wider experience, and this 'would mean a serious set-back to his ring career.