NO APPROACH BY UNION
» (From Our Own Reporter) ! WELLINGTON, April 1. No approach of any kind has be£n made to the Government by- the New Zealand Rugby Union on’ whether or not the All Black team should go to South Africa in ’the face of present racial difficulties there. A Government spokesman said tonight that suggestions that the Rugby Union had asked for a direction or re-appreciation from the Department of External Affairs was without foundation the department is in close touch with overseas sources on developments in South Africa, but unless specifically asked to do’ so by the Rugby Union, it will not venture an opinion on whether or not a team should be sept. •
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29170, 2 April 1960, Page 14
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