NEW ZEALAND RUGBY UNION.
(press association telegram.) WELLINGTON. May 20. The management committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union met tonight. Mr George Dixon was elected chairman for the ensuing year. The fixing of time and place tor the annual inter-island match was deferred. It was decided to inform the South African Union that the New Zealand Union would be pleased to hear whether :t was intended to send a team to New Zealand in 1910. The Ponsonby district club, Auckland, was given permission to play not more thaji five matches in Australia, by invitation of the Sydney Metropolitan Union in July, provided the manager of the tour bo approved by the Auckland Union, and that an audited statement of receipts and expenditure be supplied to the New Zealand Union after the team's return. The suspension of a section of the Waipawa sub-union for failing to pay dues' was confirmed. D. C. Hamilton and S. Hughes (Invercargill) asked for' removal of their tion for having played in a Northern Union game. . Tho committee decided that the union l had no power to comply with this request.
(press association telegram.) WELLINGTON, May 20. The Wellington Foothall Association have decided to send a team to play the Chrjstch\irch representatives on June 3rd.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13428, 21 May 1909, Page 9
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