SPRINGBOK MATCHES.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 May 1937, Page 7

SPRINGBOK MATCHES.

CHAEGES POE ADMISSION. INVEECAEGILL ENTEES PROTEST. (By Telegraph —Press Association.) INVEECAEGILL,. Last Night. A protest against what was termed exorbitant prices for admission to the forthcoming Eugby matches with the South African team was made by the Southland Eugby Union to-night. Members discussed the charges which had been fixed at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Eugby Union, and it was decided to protest that the charges were excessive and ask that the New Zealand Union re-consider them with a view t.o having them reduced. The chairman (Mr L. E. Lopdell) said that the charges had been fixed by the management committee of the New Zealand Union and adopted by the annual meeting of delegates. The new council of the New Zealand Union had power to alter them. Mr E. T, Meredith, who is president of the New Zealand Union, said that he could give no idea how the prices were arrived at. They were introduced by the management committee at the annual meeting and about two delegates protested against them. “Apart from the 10s charge I don’t think the other prices are excessive,” he added. “They are much the same as we charge in inter-provincial games. Last year in some of the inter-provincial games people were prepared to pay as much as £3 a seat. We have to remember that wages have gone up and the working man who received only 8s a day once upon a time is now getting 18s and £1 a day. Everything has gone up including wages.”