ALL BLACKS TO PLAY IN PALMERSTON.

Shannon News, 4 July 1924, Page 2

ALL BLACKS TO PLAY IN PALMERSTON.

MATCH FIXED FOR JULY 26. FAITH KEPT WITH -MANAWATU. , WELLINGTON, Last Night. - The Management Committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union again changed its collective mind to-night and now it lias decided that Palmerston North,/arid nob Wellington, will have the, privilege of seeing the All Blacks in action on Saturday, July 20th. 4 Mr S. S. Dean reported the result of a deputation from the .New .Zealand Unions, when Wellington had , decided to take the fixture. Mr E. McKenzie, who was not present- at the special meeting of the v committee which decided the fixtures at Auckland and Wellington, took exception to Palmerston’s .being .left out. H e asserted that they were not keeping faith with the Manawatu Union. Mr Dean then read a letter from Palmerston, asking for the match and stating that they could get just as big a gate as AVellington could for a week clay. Mr Dean' added that Wellington , was not very keen on the fixture. ... Mi* Hornig: “Wellington does not want it.” IMr McKenzie: “It would he no hardship to Wellington and then we could keep faith with Palmerston. I propose that the match be played at Palmerston on the Saturday.” Mr Dean: “It would upset the arrangements in Wellington, There 13 a dinner on Monday night’ and other farewells.” Mr McKenzie: “Football comes before feasting'!’'

Mr Dean: “I would .rather see Palmerston get the match if it had to he played on Tlnn*sd%.” Mr Wylie: “And cut Auckland out?” Mr McKenzie: “You don’t want to do that. The match would do a lot ol good there.” Mr Dean: “Auckland wants a match and Wellington doesn’t”.

Mr Wylie: “The Wellington public will he disappointed.” Mr Mullany: “Well, the Union does not want it.”

Mr Hornig: “They took it with a good grace.” After further dicussion, the motion was carried and it was decided to play the match in Palmerston at on*> o’clock in order that the team would arrive in Wellington the same night. The Auckland fixture for Wednesday, July 23rd, was confirmed.

A start has been made with the construction of a permanent military training camp at Ngaruawahia. The Department is building a large con- \ crete reservoir on the hill, in : its ground to which water for camp use will be pumped from the Waikato River. Material for construction of a tank is nearly all on the site, atso for eight Public Works huts, to accommodate workmen on the jobi The High Commissioner (Sir James Allen) has sent a cablegram ‘to the directors of the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition Co. stating that 60 applications have been received in England for tho position of manager of the Exhibition. He has named two applicants, and recommends that one of them be appointed. The applications were referred to the Finance Committee. In addition to the applications mentioned above the directors have received about twenty from New Zealand and Australia,