ALL BLACK TEAM SELECTION
“Money Might Be In Background” (New 'Zealand Press Association) OAMARU, July 17. The controversy over the exclusion of Maoris from the team to tour South Alricu was more than a matter of morhls or manners. He was inclined to think money might be in the background, said the Rev. R. W. Simpson at the monthly meeting of the Oamaru Presbytery. If the Rugby Union cancelled the tour, the Soutn African Government, which was more definite in its views on racial issues than the New Zealand Government, would not allow a South African team to tour New Zealand. The financial loss this would involve may possibly have influenced the Rugby Unton in making its decision, “No attempt to simplify the question will be successful—for morals, manners, money, sport, politics, religion and national reputation are all involved," he said. “The time has surely arrived for the Prime Minister and the Government to clarify the igsue in the interests of the reputation of the country.”
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28950, 18 July 1959, Page 6
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