FOOTBALL.
AUSTRALIAN ANI) N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION? ALL BRACKS TOUT?. DUXEDIX. Dee. 22. Neil Galbraith, who was treasurer to the New Zealand Rugby Union in 1905. states all the arrangements for the All Blacks were left in the hands of the English Union, who with the Welsh Union guaranteed a minimum of five hundred pounds for international matches, anything over that to be equally divided. Scotland was asked for the same but declined, stating Now Zealanders could have the whole gates of two matches in Scotland, which came to about eleven hundred, not three thousand as cabled. Regarding travelling allowance the New Zealand Union was guided by precedent, established hy the International Board in granting Kcivwright’s team a daily allowance for the whole tour ol As per day. When the question was raised during the All Blacks visit, Seivwright evaded the fact that the actual payment was made, hut so far as the New Zealand tour was concerned he (Galbraith) as treasurer, paid each member 21 shillings per week.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 December 1923, Page 4
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168FOOTBALL. Hokitika Guardian, 24 December 1923, Page 4
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