ALL BLACKS' EXPANSES

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 86, 10 April 1924, Page 5

ALL BLACKS' EXPANSES

10 IHE 151.1106.

-. Sir,—Referring to the controversy- in-;--connootion with. allowances to be pc4q '•■t'a'; ' the All Blacks, on the face of things ic",' seems almost impossible to come tq -a rsj-./.i'.. son&ble understanding .with 'th© English. ; Rugby Union,-and I submit a novel' sue- '. gestion iishich, I tHink, is ":qaile .praeiicable: That a day be set aside '{br a' national collection in order that our'.Oiynipic representatiyes and All Black: foot- . bailers would be assured of a reasonably : allowance to. enable them 'to make /tlsa .'• best of the tour without- suffering any.-'. undue hardship. If everybody in New '■ Zealand gave. Is towards allowance's for players—and some of the fair-mindi^:' sports would be quite willing to conlnV.V-;:' buto a little niore than was asked—and '.:'< such a campaign was put into effeci' !>-■:'- Is.Z.R.U. would bo assured-of sij'r.O'"l money to enable an allowance' to V- •':J'---". "". Such an effort /would be ilie 'i;.v» ■, .'-r----bringing the fruita of .victory .;,-> :.-.>, ,■;,■; Blacks of 1924.^-1 ai eta, V .' : - - ■;