FOOTBALL.

North Otago Times, 26 May 1908, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

■j ;• ,-•■'''. Tor. I'icsiJ Association. , '-,,.;- . Auckland, JJay 2|j. 'The Jfnori fpotbnjl lean) leavcg .for ■Sydney " 'to-night under tho management"' .oLWrAi Ashor, Fpur chief-j bceojnpnny 'tho team. ' ■ K '■'•:'; juasterton,. May 25; wero driven •^«i,tp ; l , xipa.\y(\i ! j'estDiyJny Ly lji> jjlijpnj wbefp they were : the guests ol ,"M?Dnliv«*i'ajid were entertained, in •.tjho'... ruha,fi(jfl': to tifteraoon tea. '■ f hey. .were wclcc med ■ by tho. jrayor, attired in natiyo. fashion accomrunioi by.. two ''jgjfa i|v whjtp who gavo a (iftife^(^leQine r ,andfl short Pf'Pgramij!p.c,f"dai)ccß ty\i w'JS'.cfollowed, JT} Avliich the visitors," to whom tho >|«itc-novel, top'< n tea interest;-Mu>ii amusement afford*' (id. Mitch' 1 nmiiPcmcTiiwas.n'lorioiby tlw-ihvcijlin'g of a' j-outhfttlVond'-godJ IboV.injv member of lh<> team^on' tbo stage during the hflka, <wbw.hp''Wa>; requested to sit withn'.Mao'l-iflonk,' flung round him wliih thc , darce'pro v : ceded, At tlic end (jiff young:glri ail-

vnncctl,lfoolfc flp.vyn.V.ilfl.fllil^'/'on'', circled'- Jils • nock ."With her'jxrm,". nndi.at: s'd'"finish gft'vo'.liim a His, comrades vociferously encored this-net' by.." shouting, in unison "Ho'.wants wore." An 'address of welcome- was presented, which is to he ftainod aiicf. ffiveiito tlic toaw. Mr Harnott, the. Mnnng.r, was presented by Tnmahur Mahiipukn ftingi with a handsome mat nhfl kilt. One, or two' other members were. nW presented' with, articles of Native atlirc, mid itho Eng-. islimen went away greatly |leased and interested by their first glimpse of Maori life. ■■J]'m , 'e was) aim a nttendnnce ;of Eufopoahs from Croytown.