FOOTBALL

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 941, 7 October 1910, Page 6

FOOTBALL

NEW ZEALAND EHGBY UNION.

■;if. ,;..A- meeting.;-.of^;-;-.the:r.Management:'--Com*i:', v ■mittee, ;6£ -the; New -Zealand Rugby .Union ;;'•■ I: held, last night. j.There' were .present! '"AG; 'H'."- Dison; (ii : tie'.'chair);i A."--';J ;Laurensqn, ■ H". J-.- Crombie,' E. £■/ M.Jsaacsj N..Galbrai'th^J.':-H.'.-Av:Laugh-W ; i'-' tohj ;E: and; :(^orietary).-.-:i ; ';...v:;.:4/ 1 .-; -A; letter was 'received' rrom-';Mr^W: : WV'' : Hill;-, the New' South'Walea .;&'': jEugby-.Uuiqn,, stating.'tliai.':he!had: been directed to';.convey.;; t<>;, Messrs. <ty :i T. ;-:Parata,}:'-A.'.'.--.; .Takarangi;:'and;.the' members'bttheiMaori::^; ;team;' and.'coramibtee,;.the. high'^appreciay, '■',:-'■. ,the manageiheiitVand' snccess of .the; Maori %;: ;tour.- ;■; The',-lotter, stated :fi.at-'thS v jh6mbry;;:"'; ■ :of .the-.visit''.wiU.:l6ng.:Uve::fc of; the'-•'o'aicials, , players,;.MdVfbUowere--o£V,-. ; . ithecnnion'';game;;■■'^'hov'came:f.ihf.cohtaci ; .:. ; .with i'members of- the ;Maori : teami' j'V; ■:'■■ Poverty ■: Bay ; that : they I ';desired" to' ohaUe'nge'Aucldaha-: ; [■' :for.' thbj'Ranf urly; Shield;hest.- season; A ; wished-,the .match:playedSasieaily.;as:r^;:::i. sible':- : ;" ■ Bay-Uhiohv-te bnEg'.'thei'matter.'up 'ag'alai'i.:- ; : .at" the' beginning:;pf.; ; next^6easoii.,/;' X.\XjX'f. •:;' -.iAt.-the meeting,-;the.'union'V'';: ;hadvreceivea;'f.rom' i Mr.--. , ;: letterj'i'cbhsideratioh; of .which vbeen'-'r-; 'defeTied.'ijTKe -letteri : '- :Zealand;Unipn-.would df v a'-;Maori : '.'J';X fbotbaU';:team-..going:.'oh;:anVEiglisn 1 ; neit';yeaT.,^.-.-The' 7 ; team:- would i be;, managed;:.-." on; purely;:amateur/ would' ;theymost:'r^t;members;,of : .the; Maori; team i; 'i:: which "recently. ;'•;; :Zealaud.';;rThe;committee'was'- 'approaching >•-:: leading'Maoris.and.;\yas;.confiden,t : 'pf being'.."v.- : able;; to I finance. : . the;: tour .V The :';-.: apait;. , 'devotedl.to object; such.-as. ;to-Jound-;a;.-sch'olarship;:fpT:.t'- ;; : Maori: -boys oat.; the;;universHiesV;;lt';wai:vS: suggested : that... :played;':ihcludiig;imterhatioMls:i';^.;~::'' : K : toy oivgoddidealKpf y-discussibni^:: ; ;; b'utv-'ithei.-: general opinion * seemed:' to':, ba ■; :.-- 'that;'there; was 'nothing 7 against ithe'v.teara'v.:;;; visiting ''provided ".it;-, would .:be"i'.; .: welcbmediby. the.English :the : : 'It?w^-'a^eedj-.Chbwever;:;;that:;the7 ; .should/hot.'sanclaon4theytoufeuhless;therav; ; , : ' wksi : gbpd.:r'Reason '.to', believe -that;- it';,wbuld '•':'j'; .be :successful::::'--;5;; : i X}:^;^^^''^:;/^^':-';^

r': moved':"ibat : ihis '■■■ unJonV;? I quest';of' tlie.;Maori: Gom'wttee;' rejrending *.'fy-a'Maori'team-to • England; >S;.i ?"";?-■;. J>i i .^Mr?.CromTJievlmbT'ed';tHat'^thevßiiglish?:; ; ;. ■■nnion^- < be'Mmjhumcatw:\mffi- ; the .proposal, : arid':.thati'ffie letter:bo; Tlniori .'woulditeviglaafibf';the English J' ; ; XTnion's/bpiriioi. before'deciding .'th€",mat»;":;.; ter,{.Messrs:'Dixon;; 1 and': GalbrMth,-:tbVdraflv_S the'coirespbndeice.. •'.iThis {was■"carried:';{: "& { .';.■ (By^-'-BeiegraphirPresa. v;'>'v,o:' ,; i;Vv"\vrt*.:;! ;;i'H ; i'ALevirii 1 {Veek \bK; a :police\: infofmationvior/iihav-^";■;■ \ings'assaulted i : ; :aS;-pla^er':m , matcfe at «otaki,v.at'-.'.vrhichv Knocks: {was .a'>-:V : .»f^-;='ff.:^.^S