THE SPRINGBOK TROUBLE
MR ISEN.XKTT REPLIES. 11V TKLKGItAPI!-; —I’IIKSS . >SN., COPYRIGHT. \Y HU, | X (ITO X , Si*t»t ! o. Mr Bennett. Manager of the Springlinks. repudiates the cable to Africa, which lie says was scot without knowledge of him or the team. The author was Urn newspaper correspondent, who had sine,, expressed regret for his action, and explained that it was v idton in the heat of the moment, also that lie was sorry for his action, almost as soon as he had placed the message on the wires. The Springboks were entirely blameless and the message conveys altogether a false impies. sion of the match. They were all \ >' much hurt because the Maoris lad lieen particularly hospitable to them. They were certainly imt guilty of mv dirty play. On behalf of his men. he wished to give the report an unqualified denial. Mr Bennett added that he was advised by cable that the Smith Ai'rcan papers had not published the message. He suggests that there was a h aling,. somewhere and that it was being investigated by the Government.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 September 1921, Page 3
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179THE SPRINGBOK TROUBLE Hokitika Guardian, 15 September 1921, Page 3
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