Visit To N.Z. Of Australian Boxing Team
The visit to New Zealand by a team of Australian amateur boxers, which was to have been one of boxing’s contributions to the centennial sports attractions, may be made about next March.
Recent communications with the Amateur Wrestling and Boxing Union of Australia by the New Zealand Boxing Council have finally brought a response which explains the position.
It is stated that the outbreak of war upset the arrangements for a series of trials to discover Australian representatives for the Olympic Games at Helsinki and that, in such . circumstances, it was naturally difficult to select and assemble a team for New Zealand.
It is hoped, however, that it will be possible to sort out the boxers early in the New Year, so that a team may be brought to New Zealand in March. The New Zealand Council has considered the reply from Australia but, in view of the prevailing uncertainty, has decided to give no guarantee in the meantime that the tour will eventuate. If there is an urgent call for‘men for the armed forces, then the boxing tour will go by the board.
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Southland Times, Issue 23987, 30 November 1939, Page 11
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