WHEN SILENCE IS NOT GOLDEN
KAITAIA, Tue. (Sp.).—What he described as a “dying custom” on the football field was referred to by the president of the MangOnui Rugby Referees’ Association (Mr J. Sowter) when speaking at the Mangonui Rugby union’s complimentary dinner to its 1948 third-grade representatives on Saturday night. Referees carried out their duties conscientiously and without recompense, said Mr Sowter. At the game’s end it was customary for the teams to exchange cheers and, before leaving the field to cheer the referee.
It y/as unfortunate that this practice, which afforded the referee some compensation for his work, appeared in many cases to have lapsed.
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Northern Advocate, 5 October 1948, Page 5
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