TRAVEL BY AIR
THE MARLBOROUGH TEAM
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
;-\" BLENHEIM, August 4. \ "-It"has definitely been* arranged that 1 the Marlborougti Rugby representatives .will travel by air both ways to fulfil their engagement against Wellington on September 26. , Besides being unique in the Rugby history of the Dominion, the decision indicates the way in which the people of "Marlborough have accepted the" air services a's an ordinary means of travel".
''It is estimated that a saving of £36 will be effected . as, compared with steamer fares and hotel expenses, while, in, addition, the players will be I away only, half a day from work. The total cost of the aeroplane, fares, board, and incidentals is estimated at £89, but it is hoped to organise an air excursion to provide' back loading for the machines, thereby reducing the cost to the union .by £'30. The cost by boat would total £95,"" with four days and a half of absence from Blenheim. .
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 31, 5 August 1936, Page 18
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159TRAVEL BY AIR Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 31, 5 August 1936, Page 18
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