RETURNING HOME.
RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER WITH LEG INJURY.
SYDNEY, July 13
A radio message from the liner Jervis Bay, which is nearing Fremantle, with the Australian Rugby team on board, states - that Heidke is being put ashore, and is returning home. His leg injury has become most serious.
SHIP’S DOCTOR OPERATES
(Received This Day, 10.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, Friday. A wireless message from the Jervis Bay states that Heidke’s leg injury became worse and he was suffering intense pain. The ship’s doctor opened the leg, to relieve- it of the poison, with satisfactory results.
Just prior to-the departure of the .team from Sydney, Heidke, a selected Queensland player, was rejected by the doctor, and was replaced by another Queensland player.. The members of the team, however, subscribed toward paying Heidke’s expenses to England.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 July 1933, Page 5
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