BRITISH RUGBY VISITORS ARRIVE. —Members of the New Zealand and Wellington Rugby Unions, together with a crowd of Rugby enthusiasts assembled at the Pipitea Wharf on Tuesday morning to welcome the British Rugby team, which arrived by the Rangitata. At top, a group of the team and officials. Front row, from left, Dr. P. F. McEvedy, president W.R.C., a visiting player, Dr. G. J. Adams, president N.Z.R.U., Mr. James Baxter, manager, Mr. J. W. McEwan, chairman Wellington Harbour Board, Captain McIndoe, and Mr. F. D. Prentice, captain of the visiting team. Mr. S. S. Dean, chairman of the Management Committee of the N.Z.R.U. is on the left at the end of the middle row. Below, left, scene in the Pipitea shed during the N.Z.R.U. reception. Right, scenes during the arrival. Dr. Adams shaking hands with Mr. Baxter, some of the team on the Janie Seddon, and the crowd on the wharf, with the Rangitata in the distance.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 May 1930, Page 7
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157BRITISH RUGBY VISITORS ARRIVE.—Members of the New Zealand and Wellington Rugby Unions, together with a crowd of Rugby enthusiasts assembled at the Pipitea Wharf on Tuesday morning to welcome the British Rugby team, which arrived by the Rangitata. At top, a group of the team and officials. Front row, from left, Dr. P. F. McEvedy, president W.R.C., a visiting player, Dr. G. J. Adams, president N.Z.R.U., Mr. James Baxter, manager, Mr. J. W. McEwan, chairman Wellington Harbour Board, Captain McIndoe, and Mr. F. D. Prentice, captain of the visiting team. Mr. S. S. Dean, chairman of the Management Committee of the N.Z.R.U. is on the left at the end of the middle row. Below, left, scene in the Pipitea shed during the N.Z.R.U. reception. Right, scenes during the arrival. Dr. Adams shaking hands with Mr. Baxter, some of the team on the Janie Seddon, and the crowd on the wharf, with the Rangitata in the distance. Taranaki Daily News, 16 May 1930, Page 7
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