YOUNGEST OLD MAN IN LONDON
Received Friday, 11.55 p.m. 18 >.Y 1 )().\, .! nne 1 4. After repic-cnliiig the Xcw Zealand Rngby Tunui on tlie Knglisli Kugby Pnion for 26 yini-, Mr. ('. .1. Wray, fornietly from Wanganui, has retired. "1 ain," he i • 1 . "gctting a little bit ]iast tlie 1 iine for brasing tlie east wind in Ihe ue.t staiul :: 1 Trtckenliani. " To ni.'iri: his retirenieiil and in apprecialion of his work. tlie New Zealand Tnion pn-sented iiim with ari inseribed silver cig.'ircite case. !t was lianded to liitn by M r. J. I'arker, the I'ainous l!)81 All Black. :il a plea-ant infornial gatli ering arrangeil by Mr. 11. Turner, Lon don inanager of ihe New Zealand Fruit Board. Tiewc uereaiso present Messrs A. 15. Congdnn, M. Smith, S. 0. Bonsor, aiul S. F. ( oojiper, secml ary of Ihe Fng lisli Rugle. Tnion, and A. .(. Trollope, nieniber of ihe Engiish Rugby Tnion comniittee. Mr. Turner described Mr. Wray as "tlie youn.ge-t ohl nian in T.ondon."
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 June 1946, Page 5
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