FINANCES OF N.Z. UNION

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27875, 25 January 1956, Page 9

FINANCES OF N.Z. UNION

RUGBY football

£5859 PROFIT FOR YEAR i SUCCESS OF AUSTRALIAN TEAM’S TOUR (Hew Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, January 24 The importance of New Zealand tours by overseas teams was mentioned in the financial summary for the 1955 season, presented at today’s meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Union. The final profit was £5859 even though the profit on the Australian tour, after a grant to the Australian union of £2500, was £7932 Mr J. H. Parker said the figures showed that normal administrative costs were such that there would be a loss of between £2OOO and £3OOO unless there were tours.

The accumulated assets of the New Zealand union are £59,210, but of this amount £26,555 is on loan to affiliated unions, and £15,000 is invested as a building fund.

For the tour by the Australian team, the gross gates were £34,881 The New Zealand union’s share was £18.222, and the profit £7932 Gross gates for the New Zealand Maori tour were £3020; the New Zealand union’s share was £1495; and a profit of £llB5 resulted. Gross gates for the mter-island match and the match between New Zealand and The Rest were £5489. The New Zealand union s share was £2871, and the profit

The tour of Ceylon by a colts team cost the New Zealand union £l6B Main expenditure was on council meetings, selectors’ expenses, grants and administration.

Income was shown at £ 14,959, representing profits on fixtures, interest, and subscriptions from unions Expenditure totalled £9lOO. Discussing prospects for the coming year, members said there was every indication of a substantial profit, but the gates of many of the smaller unions would decline because of competition from matches with the Springboks m other centres. Provision was being made for grants out of the profits of the tour to remedy this position.

SPRINGBOKS’ N.Z.

TOUR

ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRAVEL

(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, January 24. The itinerary for the tour of New Zealand by the South African Rugbv team this year shows that the longest single journey will be of 9i hours. The tourists will stay at hotels every night of their visit. Members of the New Zealand Rugby Union today said they thought the arrangements were the best possible. The travel arrangements for the team are:— June 5: arrive at Auckland at 5.15 p.m. June 6: Auckland-Hamilton, rail-car, two hours. June 10: Hamilton-Whangarei, railcar. six hours. ' June 14: Whangarei-Auckland, railcar. four hours. June 17: Auckland - Palmerston North, rail-car. 9| hours. June 21: Palmerston North-Welling-ton. rail-car, 24 hours. June 25: Wellington-Gisborne, plane, two hours. June 28: Gisborne-Napier, rail-car. four hours. July 2: Napier-Nelson, plane, 2 J nours. July 5: Nelson-Dunedin, plane, 34 hours. July 16: Dunedin-Timaru, Yail-car, 44 hours. Julv 19: Timaru-Christchurch, railcar. If hours. July 23: Christchurch - Westport, rail-car. 64 hours. July 26: Westport-Christchurch, railcar. 64 hours. July 26: Christchurch-Invercargill, plane. 24 hours. July 29: Invercargill - Wellington, plane, four hours. July 29: Wellington-Master ton, railcar, 1| hours. August 1: Masterton-Wellington, railcar, 14 hours. August 6: Wellington - Wanganui, rail-car, four hours. August 9: Wanganui-New Plymouth, rail-car, 3| hours. August 13: New Plymouth-Christ-church. plane, 2? hours. August 20: Christchurch-Wellington, plane. 1? hours. August 23: Wellington - Auckland, plane, two hours. August 26: Auckland-Rotorua, motor coach, 4| hours. August 29: Rotorua-Auckland, motor Coach. 4| hours. September 5: leave Auckland for Sydney.