Strong British Team Wanted For Games
Received Wednesday, 7 p.m. LONDON, August 3. Lord Gowrie and the Rt. Hon. Phillip Noel-Balcer, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, are among signatories of a letter to The Times from the Empire Games appeals comj niittee calling for subseriptions to- ! wards a £20,000 fund whieli is to send ' a strong British contingent to the Emi pire Games at Auckland in February, 1950. i The letter says the Empire Games have become a great Commonwealth ini stitution. ' ' Any one who has spoken j with menibers of past teams or with athletes who hope to go, will understand that sueli a visit to a distant Commonwealth country is not only a ■ landniark in an athlete's career but also an educational experienee which ' young men and women will never forget. " The Times, eommenting editorially on the appeals eommittee's letter, says the Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser, has sent a particularly pressing invitation to tlie United Ivingdom and after all the pleasure the New Zealand cricketers have given the English people this season, it will be a debt of honour to send our very best to' Auckland to plav the .return match with different weapons. "This is an oceasion when the game is worth very much more than the prize. Whetlier our teams win or lose, it is all i» tho family. 7 '
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Chronicle (Levin), 4 August 1949, Page 7
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