THE RUGBY SEASON
HOME GUARD TRAINING AND FOOTBALL At a meeting of delegates of tihe Whakatanc Rugby Union licit! at Taneatua on Tuesday evening last the president, 3VIr W. S. Henderson, stated that he had been interviewed by the Home Guard Area Commander, Mr G. Wilson, who had informed him that in some districts within this area, football was alledged to be interfering with Home Guard training. Mr Henderson stated that if such Avere the case in any district under the Whakatane Union's control he would have no hesitation at all in advising that Home Guard training must be fcha first consideration, even though such advice may mean sounding the temporary death knell of a game to which our country owed so much. If Saturday parades could be held a few minutes earlier to enable training to be completed by 3 p.m. to allow trainees to participate in Rugby football, it would be appreciated by the Union, but where this could not be done, we had no alternative and our duty was plain Delegates, amongst whom were two Company Commanders, spoke and stated that football in their respective districts was not interfering with Guardsmen training.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 115, 9 June 1941, Page 5
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195THE RUGBY SEASON Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 115, 9 June 1941, Page 5
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