ALL BLACKS’ MANAGER

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 19 December 1935, Page 7

ALL BLACKS’ MANAGER

CABLE TO RUGBY UNION ■ ; SEASONAL GREETINGS FROM TEAM " - [By Telegraph—Press Association] . WELLINGTON, This Day. The following cable from Mr Mere-’; jditli was read at the meeting of the' ; New Zealand Rugby Union Management Committee: “Left Ireland. Everything very satisfactory tllere. Caughey badly strained a knee'at Aberdare and it is doubtful if lie will be able to play against Wales. . Nothing (else to report. Things running smoothly.” Seasonal greetings were received from Mr Meredith, Manchester and- members of the team. . . .. r BADLY BURNED BY SAND ~ FORMER .ALL BLACK 1; ‘ WELLINGTON, This Day. While working in the foundry late on Tuesday afternoon, Mr W- J. Wallace, one of the principals of the firm of Johns . and Wallace, was badly burned by red hot sand. While taking'the door off the furnace a chain on the plate broke. Mr Wallace was stooping under the furnace to adjust the chain when a quantity of fed hot sand descended on him, badly., burning him on the back of the neck and about the ears; shoulders and hands. He was conveyed home and received medical attention. Though swathed in bandages he is now making satisfactory progress towards recovery. . •• ( Mr Wallace is a well-known. figure in .. the Rugby football world, and was a member of the orignial All Blacks which toured Britain in 1905.