ALLEGED BRUTAL SPORT
WRESTLING AT WELLINGTON.
POLICE ASKED TO SUPERVISE.
By Telegraph.—Press Association.
Wellington, Last Night.
Objecting to what he regarded as brutal and unsporting methods, a ratepayer wrote i to the City Council asking that the strictest ■ control be imposed regarding wrestling matches in the Town Hall, the use of which, he says, should be debarred unless the sport is conducted on better lines. | The letter was considered by the council to-night, when the Mayor said he had asked the police to see that the rules and regulations were strictly complied with. If they were not the council would take drastic action. It was not proposed to take other steps. This was agreed to.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1931, Page 9
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