DINNER TO TEAMS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 35, 10 August 1936, Page 17

DINNER TO TEAMS

t . following the match the members nf wc r eF^ n g^^nhe^a>a£|l| ?rih n1 r at the Em Pire Hotel MW ~ t c ls "ot tne winning of the camp spirit m which it is played the snirit by thf Fiii^f ame W &en epK will h F"lan is,something that for re?^ ml?.e^ din' Ne^v Zealand f^h^m^&^me^ P&Otildbenefi^s^ a D wer,PifoH n t l??W^ Zeaiand very much appreciated the dress of the Fijian tonm?,"« team- "continued Mr. Hamilthp' tiS, T are looking forward to f. he time when we will copy Fiji in ,itsi hockey uniform."Replying to the toast, Mrs. Harvie1 manager' of the Fijian' team said that they all regretted that the tour was drawing to a close, and they would treasure memories of it for the rest of their lives. They had been welcomed warm-heartedly throughout New Zealand. The.-tour had been a very pleasant, one for the'teen, and would do much to raise the standard of hockey in Fiji.. From the New Zealanders' point of view the tour would not have been in vain if it persuaded the authorities to allow the New Zealand girls • to.- play in shorts. Mrs. Harvie presented Mr. L. S P Butcher, organiser of the tour, with a memento from the members of the team, and Miss L. Sutherland, Fijian [captain,- presented Mrs. Reed, New 'Zealand captain, with a badge. Many toasts were honoured, and the members of the Fijian team were presented with souvenir badges, the New Zealand representatives being presented with hockey sticks,