N.Z. RUGBY UNION

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 386, 31 March 1932, Page 9

N.Z. RUGBY UNION

Annual Report Shows Loss for Year. HEAVY EXPENDITURE IN 1931. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, March 31. The annual report of the New Zealand Rugby Union says that working expenses for the Near showed an excess of expenditure over receipts of £56 Is 7d. It points out that there are items not likely to recur. A donation of £550 was given to the Hawke’s Bay Relief Fund, and a grant was made to the Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union of £492 Os 'lod for the rehabilitation of grounds. » The Australian tour resulted in a pro,fit of £952 16s 2d, and the North v. South game in a profit of £621 14s Bd. The Prince of Wales Cup contest resulted in a loss of £3SS 6s 9d, and the tour of the Maori team in the Steddon Shield districts cost the union £284 16s 7d. Loans were granted to the following unions during the year: Auckland £3500, inaddition to an existing loan of £1600; Otago, £2500; Wanganui, £SOO, part of £I9OO sanctioned, and in addition to an existing loan of £600; Canterbury, £4OOO, in addition to an existing loan of £1000; West Coast, , £3100; Manawatu, £1500; Southland, £500; Bush Districts, £250. Loans were approved but not settled to the following:—Wairrv.apa £2500; King Country, £600; North Auckland, £1500; Golden Bay-Moturka, £6OO. Other applications arc receiving the attention of the" committee.