LEAGUE RUGBY.
NEW ZEALAND TEAM FAREWELLED. DEALING WITH MALCONTENTS. BY CABLE —I'BESS ASSOCIATION -COPYRIGHT Received 12.40 p.m. to-day. LONDON, Jan. 18. Six members of the Rugby League Council journeyed to London to attend the New Zealand League team’s farewell gathering. Messrs Ponder and Mair have issued a joint statement, in which they claim that the dispute will not harm the game if the New Zealand Council fully investigates it-. The 19 nonstrikers displayed the highest sporting instinct. Future tours would be more successful if the authorities were more careful in the selection of players. Although the team won only 50 per cent of its games, the moral success was greater, as most of the matches had been played under most trying conditions. Mr Mair pointed out that the managers were unable to fine the strikers. which was the English and Australian custom, because the New Zealand authorities trusted the members to play the game. Air Ponder paid a tribute to Mr Mnir’s large-mindedness in twice standing down to save the tour. Mr Ponder delivered 16 and Air Mair five lectures on New Zealand life, resulting in many applications for migration.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 19 January 1927, Page 9
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190LEAGUE RUGBY. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 19 January 1927, Page 9
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