RODEOS BANNED
HURRIED LEGISLATION IN ENGLAND. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Cr pyrtght (Received May 17, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, May 16. Owing to a report that another American and Canadian rodeo was being produced at the White City shortly, a private member’s Protection of Animals Bill was hurriedly passed by the House of Commons, which utilised procedure used only twice in 100 years. The Bill makes illegal certain incidents of steer wrestling and calf roping, witnessed in the earlier rodeos. The House of Lords co-operated in the quick passage of the measure.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19802, 18 May 1934, Page 9
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91RODEOS BANNED Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19802, 18 May 1934, Page 9
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