MAORIS, VICE, AND SPORT.
FOOTBALLER IN THE PULPIT. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press (Association.] (Received 9.50 a.m.) Sydney., June 30. Papakura, a member of the Maori football team, in an address at the Redfern Methodist Church, deplored the decrease of the Maoris, which he largely attributed to the vices introduced with civilisation. Touching on sport he condemned the introduction of professionalism. The reason the Maoris had come to, Sydney was to re-create interest in the good old amateur game of Rugby.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 46, 30 June 1913, Page 5
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81MAORIS, VICE, AND SPORT. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 46, 30 June 1913, Page 5
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