Presentation to Neil Edwards.

Before Neil Edwards, New Zealand tennis champion, left for England an opportunity was taken by members of the N.Z. Railways Department in Wellington, to pay tribute to a splendid sporting personality and associate, a large gathering assembling to make a presentation. Mr. G. H. Mackley, General Manager of Railways, spoke of the splendid attributes of this young player and handed him a wallet on behalf of his associates. Other speakers included Messrs. E. Casey (Assistant General Manager), P. R. Angus (Locomotive Superintendent) and Mr. G. R. Wilson (Locomotive Drawing Office).

The Railways Service is proud of their representative and that this pride is justified is shown by the following extract from a leading New Zealand sports journal:

“Neil Edwards is a true-blue amateur. He is the only player of whom it may be said with certainty that he will return to New Zealand in exactly the same way that he left it—content to play tennis for the game's sake. Winning the New Zealand championship has made no difference to him in this respect. Secure in a job in the New Zealand Railways Department, he never let his head be turned into thinking that he could cut a dash in overseas tennis.

“One is glad to see that Neil Edwards has been given his chance to go to England. It is especially gratifying, as we know that he intends to return to New Zealand, and that he is a player who will give everybody who cares to ask the benefit of that experience.”