WONDERFUL FAREWELL
CROWDS AT CAPETOWN
TRIBUTE TO POPULARITY
Special to the Press Association. (Eeceived 7th September, 1 p.m.) CAPETOWN, 6th September. A wonderful farewell was given the All Blacks when they went on tho ship to-day. Cheering crowds swarmed the wharf in a great tribute to tho popularity of the New Zealanders. The most popular man on the All Black side was Andy Mercer, the trainer, who, with his genial personality, won the hearts of all with whom he came in. contact. Ho was given many handsome presents from the life-long friends he made here. Tho whole of the All Black side were showered with trinkets, which will commemorate the wtjaderfully memorable 1928 tour of South Africa.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 51, 7 September 1928, Page 10
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