WHO'S TO BLAME?

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3199, 25 September 1917, Page 7

WHO'S TO BLAME?

LOCAL RUGBY UNION ACCUSED OF DISCOURTESY. An article in the Christchurch "Sun" of Saturday alleges a great want of courtesy on. the part,of the Wellington Rugby Union in regard to a proposal for aii inter-provincial match. The "Sun" states that the proposal was, made entirely with the idea of Helping the Wellington Union in its efforts to retarfi Athletic Park, and proceeds as follows:— "On the 12th of this month the secretary to the Canterbury Rugby Union sent the following telegram to the secretary of the Wellington Union:—'My union, provided our competition ends Saturday, prepared to meet representative Wellington team here Saturday weefr, net proceeds for Wellington Union ground fund. Reply to-day giving your executive's opinion.' "That telegram was not answered. On September 17 an urgent telegram was sent to Wellington, asking: 'Can your representatives play here Saturday?' Still no reply was received. So, on the following day, a telegram was eent in these terms: -"Kindly reply agreeable or otherwise to telegrams of 12Eh and 17th instaut ra match.' "At last a reply was received from Wellington. It was but a curt telegram, as follows:—'Sorry we liave no vacant date.' Nothing more, has been received from Wellington—not even a word of thanks for tho Canterbury Union's offer." Mr. D. D.-AVeir, chairman of the Management Committee of the AYellington Union, on being questioned' on the matter, said that, so far \as the AVellington Committee is aware, only one telegram was received from Canterbury, and that was replied to on tho day it was received. •If any other telegram had been received the committee, as a committee, was not aware of it. Ho regretted very much that any apparent discourtesy should have been shown to the Canterbury Union, whose offer was much appreciated. Full inquiries would be made at the weekly meeting of tho commi.ttee to-night, and an explanation forwarded to Canterbury.

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