HOCKEY.
♦ ENGLISH TEAM A XT) NEW ZEALAND TOUR. Our Lonuon correspondent writes that in tho opinion of Mr K. A. C. Thomson, it was a fore;ono conclusion that the Council of the Ilnciccy Association would bo roßTctfully cnmjwllei to rcfueo the pressing invitation of Now Zealand H.A. to participate on a missionary tour in tho colonics next year. Tho d-iy is not yet for such ft projected trip, although in 1912 an invitation from the colonies was actuallv acoepted, and a team in course of formation. Tho tour lad to be eventually cancellcd through innumerable difficulties aiiring. It really m*Tvnt that overv member of the English combination would he callcd upon to fiico a heavy financial bnrden. irrespective of the inconvenience lon™ absence would entail from EnilatH. ITockev is yrrrdins rapidly in both New z-nli-nd ar.H Aus'rali*, c*n<-cinlly ! in Wn't. and it occa*ionnl letters Mr Thomson r<ro«ivcs f-oni th? co'oniw, Jio i ! is toM Oirt an Endich tour would bo cntbnyiasti/~**llv ****'' , onj*?d. "But the jjood day , must wait a while."
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16702, 10 December 1919, Page 10
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