NEW ZEALAND UNION.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12765, 16 June 1911, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND UNION.

PERMISSION GR NTED TO MAORI ■,\- .■; ■-■ -TEAM.; ,;■■■. ' (Per Press Association.) ; June 15. ~-'■ A'meeting of the N.Z., Rugby IJnion «as held to-ni^ht; -Griln|Ksi for the fos» iering of schools' football* were made Oto the following unions :-~-Bush Disiri ts £6, -Mariawatu "£6, Marlborotign £8, Nelson' £6, South Auckland. £9, South Canterbury. Southland, .Wahtanui, and Wairarapa , £10 each, Hawse's ' Bay £8, Bullov and Wesb Coast) £6, each, Bay of Plenty £5. Mr. TV. T. Parata gave' further particulars ro the proposed tour of tho Maori toam. He stated that the team was not from the Bay of Plenty district. The object/ was not a moriey■i.'iakinp one, but if there was a. profit from •thec.^oui; .the loss incurred by tho committee on tho last year's Atistralian tour would le repaid, and if there uas &fcill a balance it would be given to charity. A proper statement of 'accounts would be supplied to the N.Z. Union.-, Mr. Parata addtkl that 'his toam and everyimember of it had been approached with tempting; offers from the League football, but vho boys had -remained loyal amateurs. He urged that the tour would assist nvrGtaining the Maoris* for the amateur game. It < .■was de ided to allow "the tour, to go on provided each-played obtained permis-1 sion from his Union to join the, team ; that a statement'of aocoun& be sup-' plied to the N;Z. Union, arid that any l-rpnts should be devoted to such oharitt£s as the N.Z. Union should approve; The Lnion was. not prepared to .allow Iho lossos of -the last tour to be re-' couped out of the profits of this one. Is a secretary of a Northern Union League a professional player?" was a ! Quo''y forwarded by the South Auck- ; kind Union. Of course the secretary is ■ not ncrerearily a player, but the Union i decided that any person actively pro- ; motinrr the Lea?ue.pame was guilty of i fin act of professionalism. The query j v«s therefore ansvemd in tho nffirma- | tn-e, and the secretary was instructed to nslc for tho secretary's name and all r'articulars relating to his case