ALL BLACKS’ TOUR.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 February 1924, Page 4

ALL BLACKS’ TOUR.

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f llacli n she.,l h i ;. -1 iami i i ami m. e! '.he international team. Wiiiwul ox nhii the paper,s (; j' Ktighi m I and Wales i ..... delnn U-c am but oi t lie e.-„nid; r.-u.-n, childly I'n.- reiYuiuim; in i,||'.-r any -ye., ei fa' ie . i .. . 1 11 I . .net :11 e■; in ; la v against ill,- All lilac!,'.- . Shall) I'l'ii ie:..iii „f thi. ii ii ,e ary arr>"l god liv the Ail ll!a.e!,s enm.-s IV. m V.'itles anil the v e-e -ni ] rot im- -, a In-:'" I'.inte ih tie- ! vs; lean,-, jn Kin I nal a e. I [err. !I. is 'll i. I, the li -a n-he i iI. !i i e .New /enhmders v. ill !..• ! laved al Ihe cemhl nn-enneu i.i' lln ;--e -a hel the.', have laid iiuie in ye! iuiu form 111- 111 sort out their he-I jdayois. \\ I- : i.s comply in iie; about- tie" ne - ni matflies a I!,,: Led in l bent. The •* We stern .Mail", recalling line visit H the 1 h.l > Ail Jjlnek-. .-ays tind they camI'ih d dunbloliguivs sei-n; , ay imi Fug. • ish teams, and did a , limy liF< ,t vbh thoii opponents until ihev nm.-i] Off T !Jy ko. ‘'.Swansea, on]'.' !e.s! I v a (i.lnt. Cnidiir by two. and AVyl-s had tin temerity in win l.v A i.i.inis." .-ays (lie paper. "The Welsh proportion of fixtliras is grojesutto ami i,,a;i ile-.i.!,- nnfail', and will probably allow the visiioys to acquire a reputation. a., before. urn: ;s not in accordance with the results of true comparison ! w .tween the hod of these- islands and idsewm-'-o." Kind:--:! counties are required to on- w n l,- - .' :! 1 ; for their matches, and Welsh clubs Imre to pay GO per cent of their ‘ ■ t That the standard of present-day. Rugby i.s below what it r- Imu Id be is the opinion osprcsse-.l l.v Air J. A.. Miller, treasurer of the Yovlidii o Rugby P niou. ‘‘There is far too much aimless throwing about- of the bull." he says, “too ranch revkims ami eare-i-’ss kicking, ami far too little intelligence shown in the develn; meat of tactical movements. Player.-- go on to :1k licit 1 without any {•articular phut I

)f campaign." It is only fair to ad •hat Air .Miller's opinion i-; not -u q orr- ! by other and heiter-ktmtyit critics., Vssiblv his remarks apply to the game u the Xortli.

•SALE OF WIFE TO XKttllO. XITW YORK, Jan. 0. Lxtraor.dunvrv alk-gy tints have been made at Los Any;,dm. m ibe cour-c of an act ten n r divorce brongiit again-; Air Elsier La Afaic. a prominent cinema director and theatre man. The petitioner, Airs Helen I.a Alai . declares that her hud and attempted to sell her to a wealthy negro at Juarez, Mexico. The price suggested was half a million dollars (aobitt Cll-1, (Win, of which site herself wn- to j keep lot).000 dollars. The couple have been married for nine years, but a second woman, giving the name of Violet La Afaic and

living at El Paso, Texas, claims that she married the respondent throe years ago. Site at present knows j -nothing of the divorc-g action, and says i that she and Iter husband are always on good terms. The whereabouts of AH La AJaie are not known, and the authorities are looking for him.