AUCKLAND CONTROL BOARD.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 216, 12 September 1935, Page 21

AUCKLAND CONTROL BOARD.

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS. MATCH. At the meeting of the Auckland. Kugby League Control Board, last evening, when Mr. E. J. Phelan presided, the programme for Saturday, with Newton Rangers and Richmond Rovers contesting the champion of champion honours for the Stormont Memorial, will be preceded by the final for the Phelan Shield between Mount -Übert and Ponsonby. In the eemi-nnai for the Stallard Cup, Marists and Ponsonby will play on Xo. 2 ground as a curtain-raiser to the third grade final. Devonport United seniors were granted permission to travel to play at Whangarei, he manager's name to be submitted. Mount Albert United advised that the •lub secretary, Mr. W. G. Shaw, would manage the team's vieit to laradale (Hawk'e'e Bay) on Saturday week. The Hawke's Bay League, in returning thanks for the hospitality accorded its Mawi 4eamre*'hich -rnade-a bid- for th« Waftangi Sffield, inquired", as to th& possibility of the'.-Auckland team visiting the province. The matter wae deferred pending the of the chairman. Mr J. Rukutai, in extending greetings from the -New Zealand Maori Control Board, said he had just returned from Wellington, where the code e progress was much commented upon. The Auckland team's exhibition on Saturday had created a favourable impression. .. . The chairman said it was gratifying to hear the good reports from the south. «ad it seemed, as though the game would much benefit by the Auckland tour enterprise. _ * , r "In thie connection a letter irom MT. G Gray Campbell that the opening match was very satisfactory, the members of the team were fit and well, and the success of the tour seemed assured. . The Newton Rangers Club was congratulated upon its success in the Koope Rooster competition. Applications by the Community Sunshine Association and the Salvation Army for the use of Carlaw Park, on September lo and October 28 respectively were granted.