RACING PERMITS
MINISTER’S INVESTIGATIONS. EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT EXPECTED. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, January 26. It is understood that au announcement will be made in the course of a few* days covering the allocation of additional racing and trotting permits. The Minister in charge of the matter, Hon. R. F. Bollard, has personally inspected a large number of courses and has met many racing people concerned. and is almost ready with his list. He has one more trip to make, and that he started on to-day when he left for the King Country to see several of the courses there. He will then proceed to Taranaki to go over Stratford, Opunake and New Plymouth courses. On his return to Wellington he will have completed investigations he thought it neceslary to make, and an announcement will follow in the course of a very little while. The authority given by Parliament was for the issue of 31 additional permits, 19 of which are for trotting, and 12 for racing.
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Southland Times, Issue 19460, 27 January 1925, Page 6
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