"The All Blacks."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 55, 25 July 1914, Page 5

"The All Blacks."

TEMPTED WITH ({OLD. BUT STICK TO AiIATKVII CODE. ' By Telegrapb.-Press Association. ' Wellington; U«t Night, ' A cable received from Sydney last . week stated that overtures had! C» w«dc to "All-Blacks," and that ° to™ - were to go over to the new code. A private letter received from a mew.' ■ W <■' the -AlWJlacks" team now W- :" IMS An,tr;.:,a rcfeiv at length fo tJfe. : wve. Negotiations were certainty in prog, ress> and, to use the writer's the League are desperate. It is the beginning of the end, for there is a decided revulsion of feeling in Svdney «2f dS Uni °? *"&?■■ An offer o* tiOOO was made to the "All-Blacks" if they would p:a_y the Australian League cam. The League have plenty of noney at present, and stop at nothing to get payers. They haven't six d CCC n! •■ . men of their own reiU'ing," "' The writer giveis his opinion that it wouhUake wore than £3OOO 'to get'the M>y», who he hoped would remain ' staunch. He was doing his best to keefl ; Mmm amatcua-s, "but;' -he concWea tm m a man's palm was a d—-1 of a temptation THE LEAGUE GAME PROPOSED AUSTRALIAN TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, July 24. South Sydney and the Eastern Subtiros Rugby League clubs want pcrmig. sion to negotiate for sending a team to tour New Zealand at the close of ' the bydney season . 4 S. Deane is departing for England to join the Hull Club at; a remunerative fee. • ■

Mie following will represent Tnkapa seniors against Okato to-day at tie ' Western Park:—Webster, Stohr," Tocker, Grant, Eggleton, Cargo, Morshead, ■ . Ward, Paul, Davidson, Quilliam, McAllum, Perry, Brown and West. Prom a private letter received in New Plymouth it is gathered that Loveridge will be available for further matches, his injuries' not having been serious.