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The Spike: or, Victoria College Review, October 1908

Sydney University

Sydney University

There is no space to set forth the beauty and the strength of the great seat of learning it was the privilege of these Rugby footballers to visit. The Buildings and the grounds are worthy of the great city. There is, to New Zealanders even, a suggestion of antiquity about the great hall which is adorned by portraits of men who have left their mark on the University as students and as chancellors, and have passed with honour into the history of their country. It may be well to remember that it was these men half a century ago who laid the foundation of an institution of which Australia is proud.

Let it only be said that the children of that great University held out the hand of friendship to the children of another mother. Headed by Mr. Frank Cen they made the New Zealanders welcome. And it may be said here that not only did the University people treat us as honoured guests, but the press and the public treated us with great fairness and liberality.

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It was with many regrets that the battered legion parted from its friends and embarked on the "Warrimoo." The passage was, on the whole, good, and the bitterness of parting was repeated when the team lost its unity in Wellington. Dr. Hunter carried with him to Dunedin a photo presented to him by the team which had come to regard him not only as a master of tactics but also as a personal friend.

F.A.M.