ALL BLACKS RETURN^

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 734, 6 August 1929, Page 11

ALL BLACKS RETURN^

MOT THEIR LUCKY TOUR “4JLBURNE THE HERO” “We were very unfortunate in not being able to use our best inside men. As a result of injuries it was rarely possible to field our Dailey. Lilburne. Oliver, Carelton combination. Had we been able to do so. things would probably have been different.'* Both Mr. J. McLeod. manager of the All Blacks, and Mr. C. Porter, captain, expressed this opinion this afternoon. Looking: lit and well, and with the members of the side almost recovered rom their injuries, the All Blacks returned from Australia by the Ulimaroa :hifi afternoon. “A big loss to us was the early injury received by Porter, which kept him out of the matches for most of the' tour. We also lost his services as a coach, which would have been most valuable.” said Mr. McLeod. He said the injuries received by Porter. Nepia. Dailey and Oliver affected the team most. Even in the last test, Stringfellow played when, with his injuries, ho should have been on the line. Nevertheless he played a great game. PRAISE FOR LILBURNE Lilburne was the hero of the tour, said tho manager. He stood up to everything and played great football. There is a big future ahead of him. and in my opinion iie is destined to become an All Black captain. Although only 21 years of age, he has a great football head. The manager also paid a tribute to the fine form showed by Oliver. “We heard that he had no defence, but he showed plenty on this tour,’* said Mr. McLeod. The Lilburne-Oliver combination turned out to be first-class, but owing to injuries it was unfortunate that it could not be used more. The manager stated that the Aucklanders. Hook, McWilliams and Palmer, all played well, McWilliams, in particular, proving a very valuable nan. Among the forwards he considered that Cottrell. the Canterbury hooker, was one of the most promising. Another whom lie considered a very tine forward in the making was Mahoney, the tall Bush Union player. “Although luck was against us we had a good time and I consider the tour has done a great deal of good for the code in Australia. Rugby was going ahead by leaps and bounds, and in Brisbane, where it had only been going for two years, the game was quite strong, many of the old hands having gone back to the game. While the team was in the North, one district, Warwick, had turned right over to tho code. For a crowd of men to travel with you could not wish for better, he said. They are a fine, gentlemanly lot of men, and everywhere they went they made an excellent impression. It was undoubtedly one of the most popular tildes that ever travelled Australia. Cliff Porter also paid a tribute to the excellent manner in which the team had been received in Australia. He thought that the team had made a very good impression both on and off the Held and that a great deal of good would accrue from the visit. “With Cooke there, we would have turned out a great set of backs,” he said. “As a matter of fact, we had a very fine back division there, bub the trouble was we could not turn them out. Most of the time they were on the line.’* The Australians turned out a good :md very even side, and he considered that in view of the way the code was progressing there, they would always be hard to beat. CHAT WITH HON. E. H. FARRAR AFFAIRS IN SYDNEY "1 haven’t come over here to talk.’’ Thus the lion. E. H. Farrar. Minister of Labour and Industry in the .Yew South Wales Parliament. who arrived by the Ulimaroa today to meet .Mr. T. K. Bavin. Premier of New South Wales, who is returning from abroad by the Makura. But Mr. Farrar did talk. He had a great deal of praise for the All Blacks. “I have seen them in all their matches in New youth Wales,” he said. I have seen them on and off the field, and they are a very manly te9.nl, all good sports, very good compahy, and a credit to New Zealand. The positions of manager and captain seemed pleasant and easy ones.” Speaking generally of affairs in Sydney, Mr. Farrar said that the Civic . 1 ommission had done very good work. It's term of office expired in October, end the Government would then have to decide on a policy of whether the • otnoflssioß would continue or whether a reversion would be made to the old elective City Council. The commission bad done very good work, and there did not seem to be any demand for a ■ return of the elective City Council. j There had been bad droughts in the 'vest and south districts of New South Wales, but the late rains in July | bad helped things considerably. He estimated that the wheat crop would yield 30 million bushels, which was niuch below the average. Speaking of immigration, Mr. Farrar said that there was no restriction on nominations, but fairly severe condi*ions had to be complied with. The Commonwealth Government did all the selection, examination and transportation from Great Britain anil the various States nominated their immigrants and carried out the welfare work. The scheme was working most successfully. Another successful scheme was that called the “Dreadnought boys.” These boys were brought out and trained on a Government farm until they were ■ tble to go on the land. Over 7.000 of them had come out tinder tho scheme, and .after they had settled they often nominated their parents or relatives. Building activity in Sydney was still active. Six spans of the harbour bridge were complete and the underground was working. There were two stations in the city proper. Mr. Farrar will go on to Wellington tomorrow evening to confer with the Prime Minister, tho Right Hon. Sir Joseph Ward. He would not indicate "hat subjects would be discussed, but replied that he would “Discuss all sorts °f problems.”