ALL BLACKS DEPART.
GREAT SCENE AT WHARF. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Cheering crowds packed the wharf this afternoon when the All Blacks embarked on the Remuera for England. The footballers’ hotel was besciged all morning by well-wishers and admirers, and their journey to the wharf was a slow precession. Before stepping on the gangway each All Black was introduced to the Remuera’s captain, then his name was announced and he boarded the ship to the accompaniment of cheers and banter. Porter, the newly-appointed captain, presently appeared with Red Indian headgear and stood admired of all beholders. A mass of streamers linked the departing footballers with friends ashore, and as the ship moved . out ringing cheers were given by the assembled thousands. The footballers |wear hatbands with a silver fern promiment.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXI, Issue 2334, 30 July 1924, Page 3
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