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Hokitika Guardian, 11 October 1929, Page 3

Says a Avr iter i n the “Dorn i n ion ” commenting on the Maori-All Black match: —“(Might I just include on© or tAvo bright gems ? Tn the North Island v. South Island match many will remember the occasion Avhen the game was hold up for an injury to SdrimshaAv’s eye. A raucous Amice rang out, ‘Why stop th© game? What’s Avrong, n-nvway?’ ‘Oh, nothing! ScrimshaAv’s lost an eye; that’s all!’ ‘Here,’ called the raucous voice, “Pass up that eye. Some of these coots could do with another.’ Then again, the game aauis to bo played with ‘no replacements.’ While the pants of c*ne of the players Avere being • replaced, the same raucous voice rang out, ‘Here! I thought there Avas to be no 'replacements!’ Tn the Maori v. Pakeha first spell, the Maoris Avere pushing the Pakehas in the scrum and rucks. Raucous voice: ‘Push! You shiners, push!’ The reply came: ‘Push! They couldn’t push a ducky hen off a nest-’ Yes! the banker! there’s none like him.”