ALL BLACKS TO LEAVE AUCKLAND ON APRIL 13; CHANGE IN PLANS

Wanganui Chronicle, 24 February 1949, Page 5

ALL BLACKS TO LEAVE AUCKLAND ON APRIL 13; CHANGE IN PLANS

AUCKLAND, Last Night (PA).— The 1949 All Blacks will leave for South Africa from Auckland instead of Wellington, because of a change in the timetable of the Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Tamaroa. The Tamaroa is now expected to complete loading for the United Kingdom at Auckland and to leave for Capetown on April 13, two days before Good Friday. It was originally expected that the Tamaroa would make Wellington her final port. This information was given by the traffic manager of the shipping line (Mr. J. S. Swan) of Wellington, when a telephone inquiry was made'tonight.

Due at Wellington on March 8 from London and Southampton, via Panama the Tamaroa will sail for Auckland on March 14. Mr. Swan said passengers would definitely embark at Auckland.

"We are completely in the dark,” said the chairman of the New Zealand Rugby Union (Mr. A. St.C. Belcher, of Wellington) in a later telephone interview The union had not yet been notified by the company of the change. It would confirm the change tomorrow and would have to hold a meeting to arrange for the team to embark at Auckland. There were more (han six weeks to make arrangements and lhe alteration had not upset anything. Southern members of the team would travel by rail to Auckland