THE ALL BLACKS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 10337, 26 February 1925, Page 5

THE ALL BLACKS

ARRANGED.

■ 'Ver Press Association.} ■ . WELLINGTON, February _ 25. Writing to the New Zealand Union, Mr S. S. Dean, manager of the All Bk£ks said: "We are not sorry the fouTis'ovcr. It has been very strenuous, but we have had a very fiaie time taldng it all through. Details have' been arranged for the home-coming team on the Tahiti. There will be a civic reception and an official dMner by the Government, and a, .jazz revel at night. Ate the JtoSer arrives here on March 16 special passes to the .wharf wffl be IS to the next-of-kin. MembeW Ife teams *fi 4888 and 1905 will be invited. An , official inquirv by tk nnion into; the ordering off of Qyrd Brownlie during the English international may be held on the day of the arrival of tlte-team. , .It is expected that Mr Dean will bring a copy of the when he leaves the Tahiti, andl in that ca,e the unions decision on the pomt will be annowneed before the All Blacks disband.

THE LOVING CUP.

SUGGESTION I\BB ITS USE. WELLINGTON, February 25. want the Loving Cup to be the 'property of the N.Z3R.U.," wrote Mr Cecil Wray, N.ew Zealand Rucrby representative in the United Kingdom, to the New Zealand Rugby Union. "We would like it to circulate and be used at big functions. One idea I have is that it might be used at the celebration held by whoever wins the Ranfurly Shield each year, then it! conld be filled with beer or shandy o-aff or '4izz,' and handed round, as the'big loving cups are passed round at Vie citv banquets here each guest having a drink from it. I have heard from Mr Dean, who thinks it would make an excellent trophy for the North and South Island match • but first, I hope, it will be well and truly filled and drunk from <no heeltaps), ; when the team has its official recep- ' tion from the N.Z.R.U. on its return to New Zealand, then Mr Massey and everyone' must have a pull.