FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 153, 19 June 1908, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

xN'JiW ZEALAND RUGBY UNIO.N

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE,

i* Iclegraph.-Press Association. ... ~ Wellington, Last .Night.' At th,. mi ,(. tilli , of tIK , Management Cumin, eo oi the -New ZeaLind Rugby l-uion the Auckland Union notified tmil it intended to erect extra stand accommodation before L he Uritirili matdi at a oust of £IOOO. It put forward tiro proposals: (i) That the xNew Zealand Union should i - 500j t . lki]lg 5 „ . tent of the proceeds, the Auckland union i'SaO, taking 35 per cent., and the tramways Company £l5O, taking lu per cent.; (2) that the Auckland Union and the Tramways Company build the stand themselves. It was decided to approve the second proposal. The gate charges for the second test match were fixed at 2s, 3s, and ss.

THE "SOCCER" GAME.

PROPOSED ENGLISH TOUR.

Wellington, Last Night. A meeting of the Council of the Football Association to-night discussed the proposal made by a former resident of New Zealand now living in England to finance a team of "Soccer" players on an English tour. The meeting did not favor countenancing the: schema submitted, it was decided that the promoter be asked to get into communication with Mr. Gibbs, vice-president of the council, now living in London.

It was decided that the Brown Shield lw played for at Dunedin on i)th and 12th September.