ALL FOR RUGBY
CROWDS ASSEMBLING. (By Telegraph. Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The day broke with drizzling weather, making the fourth Test prospects look unpromising, but since then signs of clearing for the afternoon have been abundant, and no rain is falling now. Despite the rain, there were thousands at the ground before nine o'clock. The gates were opened before the advertised time, and by 9.30 the western bank was pretty well half full. From an early hour trams have been. disgorging family parties laden with miscellaneous objects from potato sacks to the fashionable grip, from which protrude mackintoshs, oil sheets, oilskins, gaiters, umbrellas, pieces of board, and large packages, obviously containing refreshments. Many children carrying their own bundles, made up last night, are additional impedimenta with these parties. _______———————-
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Waipa Post, Volume 41, Issue 3186, 9 August 1930, Page 5
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129ALL FOR RUGBY Waipa Post, Volume 41, Issue 3186, 9 August 1930, Page 5
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