FOOTBALL.
X. Z. LEAGUE TOUR. ("Australia A N.Z. Cable Association.] LONDON, January 13. The special New Zealand Tour SubCommittee of the Rugby League have decided that the New Zealanders shall travel aboard the Tainui, arriving at Southampton on the Ith of September. Their English headquarters will he the West Park Hotel. Harrogate, where the Australians stayed. Mr Wilson, the League secretary, is circularising the dubs, asking if they require fixtures with the tourists, or whether they prefer Saturday or mid-week dates. The terms of the club games fix 70 per cent of the receipts for the tourists and thirty per cent for the home club. The terms of the representative games are 65 per cent for the tourists and 35 per cent for the League or the County Union concerned. The Rugby League is financing the tour, but 75 per cent of the profits will lie handed to New Zealand, who promise to spend the money in furthering the game in the Dominions. Noue of the receipts will be used for the payment of bonuses to the tourists.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 January 1926, Page 4
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178FOOTBALL. Hokitika Guardian, 15 January 1926, Page 4
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