FOG AND FROST
EDINBURGH SCENESN.Z. RUGBY VISITORS’ STRAW COVERS FIELD (N.Z.E.F. Official War Correspondent.) (10 a.m.) EDINBURGH, Jan. 17. Edinburgh yesterday and to-day was hidden under a thick fog, and the forecast for to-night is another hard frost. The city presents an eeri e spectacle, with thick, white frost covering fences and lawns and the fog softening the outlines of the buildings. This morning the Kiwis trained on a ground which looked a,s if i.t were covered with snow, and all over the city to-day the members of ihc party are being asked if the match on Saturday will be played. Murrayfield also presents a snowbound appearance and the frost has glistened whitoly there for days. Under file covering of barley straw the playing field is very hard, but the Scottish Rugby Union officials believe that the game will be played. The covering of Murrayfield was made possible by the generous gesture of the Polish troops stationed in Edinburgh, who provided the labour and spread the straw and will rake it off on Saturday morning. This is yet another instance of the friendship based on kindliness which has linked Poland and New Zealand since the war started.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21924, 19 January 1946, Page 5
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