ARMY FOOTBALL
Use In Connexion With Recruiting ‘•There is no place where you will get more young men together, than at a Rugby match,’' said the Minister of Defence, Mr. Jones, yesterday at the National Recruiting Council meeting in Wellington, when he mentioned coming Rugby matches between Army teams as a valuable adjunct to the general recruiting effort. Mr. Jones said he had been approached by Mr. S. S. Dean, of the New Zealand Rugby Union, and an Army team from Papakura would play a Maori fifteen at Auckland on April 27. It was possible that a Trentham team would play Burnham the same day. Mr. Dean had thought that the sale of tickets for such matches would realize £3OOO to £4OOO which could be used to meet the expenses of the trip, equip Army teams and benefit the troops generally. • These matches would be a good medium to reach young men and there seemed no reason why such games should not continue during the whole Rugby season, said Mr. Jones.
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Camp News, Volume 1, Issue 19, 19 April 1940, Page 5
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171ARMY FOOTBALL Camp News, Volume 1, Issue 19, 19 April 1940, Page 5
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