AS OTHERS SEE US

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 3, 19 January 1937, Page 7

AS OTHERS SEE US

High Opinion of N.Z. People at Home ALL BLACKS G00D SPORTS "I was very impressed with the warm welcome given us as New Zeaianders," remarked Mr J. S. 13utlur, in the course of a talk given +o inembers of the Hastings Chamber el Commerce last night, when he recounted some of the impressions he had gained during his recent visit to England and America. "I found that quite a number of people mentioued tbe bigb opinion they had of the New Zealand "boys" at the War, and their record stands the New Zealand visitor in good stead to-day. We are indebted to them for the favourable inipressioii which they inade on tbe uiinds of the Dritish people.,, Mr Butler also mentioned that the .ast visit of an All Black Rugby teara had helped to malie the New Zealandef welcoine "and all the more because they didn't win every match," he commented, remarking that the sports editor of oue Vaneouver newspaper bad told him that he thought the All Blacks were "good sports", because they had informed him, when he asked ivny they had been defeated in Greafc Britain, that they "losb because they inet some boys who played better football " "The New Zealanders spent some time in Vanconvei' going) round the colleges coaching the boys," said Mr But- , ler, "which was a very- gpod thing."