SUCCESSFUL TOUR

Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1938, Page 5

SUCCESSFUL TOUR

SCHOOLBOYS’ TEAM RETURNS ; (Per Press , Association --Copyright). WELLINGTON, September 16. 1 The AsoFiff-* 1 tion, (football team which has been! touring Australia returned by the' Maunganui to-day. The manager (Mr J* Y. Walls) said in an interview that the tour was most successful in every way. The boys had behaved splendidly and had been repeatedly complimented by the parents of the boys with whom they were billeted. • : He felt sure the * educational value, of the tour would be considerable, apart altogether from useful experience of the game. The matches had’ ■all been/most enjoyable and were play-,; ed in an excellent spirit. There were no casualties, and the boy who contracted measles on the way to Australia had recovered without the infection spreading. • . Every opportunity had been taken 'to see as much as possible of the country. The boys were taken ovSt the Melbourne Tramwa/; Board’s depot, a big steel works in Newcastle, and jlown a coalmine at Cessnock, where they also visited the Lndemani vineyards. ;