THE RACING COMMISSION.
(By Telegraph.) (From Our Parliamentary Reporter) WELLINGTON, Nov. 8. In reply to Mr. Isitt, the Prime Minister said in the House to-day that it was practically certain the Racing Commission would take evidence in the four chief centres. The Commission comprised four gentlemen who would be anxious to carry out their duty fully and fairly. The Minister of Internal Affairs (Hon. Anderson) said every application that had been made for a permit woudl be submitted to the Commission, which would travel all over the country for the purpose of hearing evidence and seeing for themselves the conditions. It was his desire that evidence should be heard in smaller districts, even more than in the four centres. Mr. Isitt wished to know if the Commission v.’ould also take evidence on the economic and moral aspects of the question. The Minister replied that the Commission was governed by the Act and its own view of what increases it was necessary to make. He had received a number of suggestions as to the course to be followed by the Commission, but he was legally advised that evidence could only be taken in accordance with the authority given by the Act. That authority was sufficiently wide to cover necessary inquiries.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18021, 9 November 1920, Page 5
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209THE RACING COMMISSION. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18021, 9 November 1920, Page 5
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