THE MAORI TEAM

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22191, 19 August 1935, Page 12

THE MAORI TEAM

STRENUOUS RUGBY TOUR REMARKABLE SUCCESS AUSTRALIANS JTJBILAM / A SUBSTANTIAL PKOFH NOTABLE SIELBOUIi VE TOi'T [from our own correspondent ] SYDNEY. Aur. 9 The Maori Rugby Union team is near the end of its programme. The tour has been as- successful as it has been st *eiincus and those controlling the code in Australia are jubilant. Xot only hail a substantial profit been earned for use in developing the game, but the code its;lf, hotly pressed by three other brands of football and other winter sports has been given a fillip by the Maoris' a ;ti active methods and vigour. Rugby Urion has won, through the Maoris, adh<rents from other codes. The most strenuous part of the Maoris' tour has been since July 31. On that clay they played and easily Vest a Western Districts team at Batiurst. They were due to play \ ictoria ir Melbourne on the following Saturday and that engagement meant that the team had to be in Melbourne a clay alter it was in Bataurst. To keep schedu.e the team had to make an arduous ciosscountry j&urney to Goulburn to catch the Sydney-Melbourne express. Mr E. / Gordon Shaw, manager of the finious Waratahs, accompanied the team, and told an interesting story about it. "It is a perilous road that crosses the Abercrombie Mountains," said Mr. Shaw., "ar.d vast stretches of water , made it -worse. Along with the Managers, I travelled in the last car, and , we were not far on our way beforo we came across on© of the cars in trouble. A wheel rim had. broken and t was thought for a while that we woull iave to leave the car and put its occ.it: ants in other cars, but, fighting against time all the while, it was fixed and of: we went. Oar Lilted Out ol Bog "Our nest scare was when we saw a row of red lights in the distance. On coining closer we saw a band of Mioris round the Ar and our first thought was that it had overturned. Luckilj, in a sense, it was bogged and it was u (;reat sight to see the whole Maori tean. lift it out. Another-concern was whet.ier the luggage lo:rry had made Goulbum, but the team arrived a few minutes b;fore the train departed to find eveiyihing in order. The Maoris pulled out for Melbourne eating pies and singing, the exciting road trip being almost forgotten." Melbourne, home of the Australian Rules code, forgot its fanaticinr for that game and gave the Maoris a royal welcome. ]t was the first time tha; the co-managers—Messrs. Kingi Tah w and W. Wallace—had visited the ci;y. but they were'/ quickly made at home by the cordial Victorian officials. Both made interesting remarks to tho press. '' "We know the difficulty of arranging Australian tours," said Mr. Wallace. "Our boys are not coicjrned about tho strenuousness of the task and have ''taken all the rush without comment. They are a great sido and really good sports." Thrilling Passing Bouta la the match against Victor: a on Saturday superior combination and clever handling by the backs ga%e the Maoris victory, by 28 points to 13. An attendance of more than 15,(0(^ —the largest ever attracted by a Rugby Union match in Victoria —enjoyed some thrilling passing bouts by boiih rearguards and several flying tackles. Most of the «ipectato:rs were seeirg their first; Rugby game. Gate receipt! were about £660. a Rugbv spectacle tho reached its height in the liisji half of the'first spell, when the pace of the movements quickly transferred from one end bf the ground io the other. Victorian players lost their earlier nervousness, and the forwards contested every inch of the vay with the giant Maori pack. Shrins o! B,emembrance Visit An impressive feature of the Maoris' stay in Melbourne was the team s visit to the ciity's magnificent Shrine of Remembrance, where a laurel wr ;ath was placed by Mr. Tahiwi against nho Rock of Remembrance, while the tean; stood reverently round and listened to a description pi the shrine and its rrstory. Lnwr, at a civic reception, Mr. Tahiwi said that nothing had been riore evident -to the team in Australia than the spirit of- Anzac. "To us," he added, "Anzac means a great deal, and its spirit is the spirit our boys (veaved at Gallipoli, to live lmperishably through the ages." The Maoris left for Sydney the same night, arrived in Sydney on Isunday morning, and played Xew South on Monday (Bank Holiday). Thev did not look a* bright side as they filed on the field. Their travelling lad taken its toll. Thev were beaten by 20 points to 13, and did well in the circi .instances. 1 The game was not brilliaat—there was too much kicking—but it was spirited and interesting, and the 9123 spectators enjoyed it, in spile of the cold wind that whistled though the stands. Xow the Maoris' tally against Xew South Wales is one-all, snd the deciding game on Saturday is eagerly awaited. 'The Maoris have a lovir days' respite from play and travelling, and they are using it to refresh themselves thoroughly. The Maoris won the third and deciding game against Xew South Wales by 14 points to 5. CRAZE FOR NIGHT LIFE SELF-INFLICTED STRESS "FASHION IS A TYRANT" [from our own correspondent] LONDOy. July 27 The craze for night life wan criticised by Dr. Alfred Cox, general societary of the British Health Resorts Association, in an address to the Royal Sanitary Institute Health Congress z.t Bournemouth. "We talk a lot about the scrcsses and strains of modern life and try hard to convince ourselves that we work harder we make more fuss about it," Dr. Cox said. "But manj of these stresses are self-inflicted, ani I cannot raise any sympathy for tht< ::'olk who voluntarily continue a noisy and alleged s.trenuous city day life into ail equally noisy and strenuous time ta amuse themselves at night. Many can no longer amuse themselves —they must have a crowd to help them ;o do it. "Fashion is a tyrant which, of course, :must be obeyed, but, the hunan body being what it is, we shall lave to pay the price of fashion. The price of always doing something or fzoing somewhere is a resbless neurotic life in which an increasing number of people do not know "what they want ana will not be happy until; they get it." k.' t