New Regulations For Control Of Amateur Wrestling Gazetted
WELLINGTON, Last Night (PA). —An amendment to the Police Offences (Wrestling Contest) Regulations published tonight provides that in contests between amateur wrestlers the time occupied in actual wrestling shall not exceed 15 minutes. The amendment states that if after six minutes’ wrestling neither of the wrestlers has a definite lead, the referee shall interrupt the bout and after a break he shall, in agreement with the majority of the judges, order that the contest continue for a further period not exceeding nine minutes, with such breaks as he may order. A senior Police Department official said that t he amendment, had been introduced tn bring New Zealand Amateur wrestling in line with Olympic rules.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 29 October 1948, Page 6
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122New Regulations For Control Of Amateur Wrestling Gazetted Wanganui Chronicle, 29 October 1948, Page 6
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