BRITISH FOOTBALLERS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18616, 11 July 1930, Page 7

BRITISH FOOTBALLERS

ENTERTAINED BY MAORIS. By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, July 10. The British Rugby team were entertained by the Maori Rugby \dvisory Board at a complimentary dinner, the tribes being represented by distinguished members, constituting a notable gathering. The guests were received with a rousing haka. Great enthusiasm was displayed throughout the evening. The chairman (Sir A. T. Ngata) proposing the toast of the British race, said the Maoris regarded the meeting with the British team as a very notable event. New Zealand was one of the political miracles of the earth, as it put the native race, save with minor exceptions, on full equality with the pakeha. It was the Maoris’ good fortune that the country same under the aegis of the British Crown. Mr Baxter thanked the Maoris for the hospitality, which the team was delighted to accept. The team sang "They are Jolly Good Fellows.” Dr. G. Adams proposed “The Maori People,” stating that the Maoris played the finest attacking game for the game’s sake, and not for a win. A Maori entertainment was given in the Town Hall, when 300 natives in full costume submitted a characteristic programme, which included a “lament for Sir Maui Pomare,” by members of his own tribe, and also a “lament for Sir Joseph Ward.”