RUGBY

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2192, 3 July 1914, Page 9

RUGBY

> DOMINION EXECUTIVE. The executive of the New , Zealand Rugby Union met last night. Mr. N. Galbraith presided. . ■ It .was decided that ■ the following matches against Tarouaki (Banfii'Wy ■Shield holders) should be'shield challenge, games :—-Southland, on August 17; Wairarapa, on August 13; and, also, . the Canterbury .fixture. : ■ -The union made general the. suspension of A. Eckhold and W. Duncan reBpecting a charge of striking each other in a match played at Dunedin. It was reported that the Now Zealand team. for Australia had been insured, and that the rato of compensation had been fixed at £1 per week for. a period nofc',.<>sceedjng ,£16.,;W«5k5,, .;. :. a , '" RtiGBYCONri&ENCE. ,'MR. E t .W.yLIE.A. DELEGATE., : The second delegate to represent the/ . New Zealand Rugby Union at the. Rugby Conference- in Sydney is Mr. E. Wylie, of Wellington; a member-of-the Now Zealand Union. Mr. Wylie will probably leavo for Australia on July 17. The other delegate (as already stated) is Mr. R. M. Isaacs, manager of the All-Black team, who is also a member of tho New Zealand Executive f ALL-BLACKS ENTERTAINED. Members of the All-Black team, which leaves for Australia to-day, were enter- .<■'. tained last evening by Miss Maxwell at a supper at her tea-rooms in Willis . Street. Among those present was tho . Mayor of tho City (Mr. J. P. Luke), who assured the team that the citizens of Wellington' would accord them a hearty send-off: Mr. R. M. Isaacs, manager of the , team, said that New Zealand •• would find that its Rugby representatives . would uphold the honour and the credit of the country on the field and off. Mr. W. Perry also, spoke, and wished tho team every success. The AH Black Rugby team leaves for Australia by the Mottoia to-day.