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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 32, 30 April 1927, Page 13

The Country of the Blind. —A sample of the “ die-hard ” conservatism for which the Scottish Rugby Union is famed came under the notice of the Prince of Wales the other day. The Prince, as a spectator at the WalesScotland international match, noticed that the Welshmen wore numbers and the men of the Thistle did not. On asking the reason, the Prince was told that the Scottish Rugby Union considered that the game was for the players, and that the public was a secondary consideration. To equal this dogmatic attitude, one has to turn to that ultraconservative English critic, E. H. D. Sewell, who in a recent article deplores the growing popularity of the games. “ It is a grave danger to the future of Rugby football,” he says. “ Why should our great game become enslaved to the whims of crowds who watch it without playing it?” In this country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king! ” Power Board Purchase.—lt is stated on good authority that the Auckland Electric Power Board has purchased a section on the corner of Station and Rangitoto Roads, Papatoetoe. and intends in the near future, to erect a block of buildings to include a showroom and offices.-