NEW ZEALAND RUGBY

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 232, 29 June 1939, Page 11

NEW ZEALAND RUGBY

Fiji Team’s Tour Of New Zealand ITINERARY APPROVED It was reported at a meeting of the executive of the New Zealand Rugby Union last night that the council of the union had approved of a team from the Fiji union touring the Dominion this

season. The following itinerary had been approved for the tour : —

August 17: Leave Suva by Mouowai. August 21: Arrive Auckland. August 26: v. North Auckland. August 30: v. King Country. September 2: v. Auckland. September 6: v. Nelson and Golden Bay. September 9: v. Buller. September 13: v. Ashburton. September 16: v. Maoris, at Hamilton. September 18: Leave Auckland. September 21: Arrive Suva. Rugby Tours. It was decided to grant the Nelson union £75 toward the cost of sending its team on a tour of the North Island. .A. request from the Thames Valley union for a grant toward the cost of a primary schools’ tournament was referred back for particulars as to what centres the teams would come from. The Taranaki union applied for a grant toward the cost of sending a team consisting of representatives and colts on a tour to Thames Valley, South Auckland, and (Hamilton. It was decided to ask the Taranaki union what subsidies it expected to receive from the unions it. was proposed to visit. South Island Minor Unions. . At the suggestion of Air. A. A. Adams, convener of the South Island selectors, it was agreed that the members ot the South Island minor unions should be assembled at Christchurch on the morning of August IS, and that the players should have a couple of hours together on the training ground. , The New South Wales union advised that Messrs. W. W, Hill and Dr. IV. F. Mathews had been appointed delegates to the Empire Rugby conference in London, and suggested that the New South Wales and New Zealand unions should exchange remits to be submitted to the conference. The request was agreed to. Mr. Dean mentioned the loss the Auckland union had sustained by the death of its secretary, Mr. W. Maben, and on his motion a 'vote of condolence was passed to Airs. lAlaben and the Auckland union. ' , , . Mr. Dean said that a ruling had been given that, provided motor-cars or lorries did not .ply for hire or charge a fee, they were nt liberty to convey Rugby players to and from matches.