HEENEY IS THE GUEST

NZ Truth, Issue 1189, 13 September 1928, Page 18

HEENEY IS THE GUEST

Mllmg Tie Fatted Galf On ' His Return

The fight at the Town Hall, Wellington, on Monday night, has been replaced by an all-amateur programme through an injury to Leckie. ■■:.. ' ■" ■; ' :." " .' ■.' .•'■"■■ " : . ■ ''" .• •■ '. ■ • '"•

•THE Wellington Association, mainly 1 through the good work done by Earl Stewart, : . has , succeeded m getting Tom Heeney released from Gisborne engagements ;tb enable him to come down . tor ■ the business on Monday night. : Ben Aislabie at the Gisborne end, and "Mick?' Stewart,; at the Wellington end, have had the wires burning. „ , ' ; . But it wa^i Worth it— for Heeney is to come anil: gets the thanks of the Nation— frohi" Joseph Gordon Coates. After the. fi^ht has put itself away to bed, those 'invited— and tickets will

have; to be produced to get in — will adjourn to the Concert Chamber. And getting: Heeney from the main hall into the smaller chamber will be some task. „He will be mobbed. But once' m /and seated all will be well. There is going to be a short toast list, and it will be well to limit the speakers to, say, five minutes each. There is no need to make Tom blush too much! " - Just how many will be at the function is hard to 'isay, but it will probably be m the vicinity* of 250.