DEADLINE SET FOR SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR
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WELLINGTON, August 4. A meeting of the New Zealaud ' Rughy Football Union 's tnanagemcnt ; committee today decided' - lo sei$l a eable to South Africa stating 4hat unless a.reply was recoived by Tliurs- • day of tliis week saying that a tour of f . South Africa next year would be feas- * ible, the exec.utive .will recomiuend the. ab'fiudbmiieilt of thfe tour. Today 's. 'diseussion o.n the tour." arose out of adviee reeeivod froin Lon'don to the effect th'at no guarautee" could be given that it would be possible 1 to bring the. teaiu back from South Africa. . ; j The chairman, Mr. S. S. Dean, who used sucli words as "quite hopelcss,'Y "inipossible" . and "impractieable'' when discussing the possibility of sending the team, also stated that the eost,, of transporting the team ijv air would be £19,770 corapared with £5000 for travelling by sea. o
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 August 1947, Page 6
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