BOXING.
TOTH ABAXDONRI). Per Press Association. . PALMRBSTON T N"., August 12. Burns and party went to Eotorua by express to-day. * A doctor informed Burns to-day that he must rest his Jeg for .some ten days, and it would bo better if he did so for a Couple of months, no that it may mean complete abandonment of his New Zealand tour. Burns says his leg feels just as it did when he had it bad m the .Johnson match. Mo had intended visiting Botorua in the summer with Mrs Burns, having heard so much ot it in Australia, and this visit anticipates that. I> I{O KKSSIONAL COXTI«TS. AVKLIVTXGTOX, August li>. The Ciiv Council to-night, after considerable discussion. granted the Boxing Association's application for the louse of fthe Town Mill for professional boxing contests. Some Councillors supported this course on this one occasion, iiccause the Boxing Association bad already incurred considerable expense in arranging contests in anticipation of getting (he use of the Town Halt.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13978, 13 August 1909, Page 5
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164BOXING. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13978, 13 August 1909, Page 5
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