THE CALIFORNIAN TOUR.
I A PECLTLIAE POSITION. tßy Telegraph.—Press Association.) this day. Tie position . regarding :H. Atkinson, ' the Westland representative in the team to tour California, if. a peculiar one. The Uev? Zealand Rngby Union received a. ■ letter signed "H. Atkinson," posted at ■■BJoldtika, dated Augnst 19th, to the effect that-the writer could not make the trip. (Sllespie, Wellington, was -there■npon selected to tako.A.tkinson's place in the team. . The Kew; .Zealand Union has- now been notified by thn West Coast Union that -there is no truth in the statement, that 'Atkinson had withdrawn from the team. The New Zealand Union telegraphed today "to Atkinson explaining the receipt of the HoJdtika letter, which, it assumed he had written and asking him to' make subjeTet. AN UNFOUNDED REPORT. • - • • HOKJTTKA, this day. A PYess message from Wellington last night stated that H. Atkinson, who has been chosen to represent the New Zealand Rugby football team to tour California, had notified the New Zealand Union of his inability to tour -with the team. This proves to -be incorrect, and Atkinson leases the coast for Christchurch on -'morning.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19130827.2.5
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 204, 27 August 1913, Page 2
Word Count
183THE CALIFORNIAN TOUR. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 204, 27 August 1913, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in