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TO AUCKLAND REFEREES. CANTERBURY R.U. REQUEST. (Bv Telegraph—Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, August 19 ;A sti-ong protest against Canterbury Rugby Union’s request for an outside referee for the. Canterbury-Auckland match on August 31st, was entered at a jmeeting of the Auckland Rugby Referees’ Association this evening! It was taken as an affront to the Auckland referees, and a member characterised the request as an action by the N. Z. Union to hold the pistol to the heads of the Auckland referees. There was a feeling that the Auckland Management Committee had not supported the referees, and ! 'a deputation was appointed to bring a resolution before the Committee protesting against any action debarring the Auckland referees from representative -matches, and explaining an intention to reconsider tlie decision to abide by the Auckland rules if support was not forthcoming. , -
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 August 1929, Page 3
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138AN AFFRONT Hokitika Guardian, 20 August 1929, Page 3
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