WELCOME TO NEW ZEALAND

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 185, 15 August 1901, Page 2

WELCOME TO NEW ZEALAND

WELLINGTON, This Day. f Lhe New South Wales football team were formally welvQ** I **^ a-t the Council Chamber by Mr Carroll on behalf of the Ministry, and the Mayor on behalf of the city. Mr Field, M.H.R., and Mr Camp^, bell also spoke, the latter mentioned with approval that JJboth Unions had decided that the training and discipline of the teams in the future should not be. interfered with by indiscriminate banqueting. Mr Henderson, manager of the visitors in replying said he regretted that a number of the best men had been unable 1 o make the trip, but Neiv Zealanders would, find the team give a good account o# themselves. Alluding to the English team that visited Australia recently, Mr Henderson explained that* being mostly students and professional men, th&y could not get extended lea re to enable them to visit New Zealand, Fronu what he saw of them te had no doubt thafc New Zealand Could have easily held her own, strong players though the Englishmen were^ Eespecting the pro po f a l to hold a conference on rules, this was anproved in Australia, bat it should teke place in the off-season.

A match was played yesterday between team from the Central . Sohool and the College,the School winning by 5 points to niL— Another ; .teani from the College were defeated in ra eeven-a-side match ■with the " Melrose '* by 22 points to niL Owing to the Auokland representatives {"ourneying to New Plymouth from Welington overland, ihey will not v. sit Nelson.

The Nelson Junior Representative team go to Blenheim on Thursday next. The following team has been chosen to repre ent the Nolbou Jnnior Reps in the match to be played at Blenheim against Marlborough on 24th iust.— Reid, Pike, , K'ley, Cooke, Stapp, S evens, Slinu, Brown, Butler, Lawrenoe, Hawkeßworth, Blayiock, Hounsell. Barnett, Liviok. Emer. Siillwell, Nicholas.