TREATED LIKE KINGS
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Springboks Aclcnowledge Hospitality
(By Felegraph-
WELLINGTON, Last Night. In spite of threatening rain there was a large attendance in the Town Hall tMs afternoon at a civic reception to the Springboks. Addresses of weleome were given by the Mayor, Mr. T. C. A. Hislop, and the president of the .Wellington Rugby Union, Mr. D. M. Prendeville. "We can't hope for fine weather I suppose when there are only 29 'of us praying for a brilliant day to-morrow and there are 10,000 or more of you praying for rain, ""said Mr. D. Craven, vico-captaiu, when replying. "New Zealand is Eugby stricken. In South Africa we are regarded as ordinary kuiaan beings but here we are treated like kings. " "Civic functions are coming fast and furious because we travel so quickly between them. We hope other eities will realise it is not an aet of discourtesy on our part if we ask that there be ho further receptions," said Mr. Percy Day, manager of the Springboks. "We have a duty to perform here aud it .necessitates rest and care between matches so that we may Hglit thc fight on the battle.fieJd of Rugby."
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 172, 7 August 1937, Page 3
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