DEFINITION OF MAORI RUGBY PLAYER.
Wellington, Last Night. A meeting of the management committee of the N.Z. Rugby Union was held to-night, Mr. S. S. Dean presiding. Mr. T. A. Fletcher'moved that (lie recent ruling of the union, fixing the definition of a Maori Rugby player as not ,nwv,re than a half caste, he rescinded. He pointed out that if the definition were extended to embrace quarter-castes, it would help Maori football materially. The Maori Advisory Board was of opinion that if the limit of a half-caste were adhered to, it would mean that the South Island would have to drop out of the Prince of (Wales cup competition. The motion was earned.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40020, 7 November 1929, Page 3
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113DEFINITION OF MAORI RUGBY PLAYER. Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40020, 7 November 1929, Page 3
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