CONDUCT OF CROWD

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 210, 5 August 1937, Page 8

CONDUCT OF CROWD

POLICE INSPECTOR’S PRAISE

CHILDREN COMMENDED

“They' behaved very well,” said Mr J. Cummings, Inspector of Police at Palmerston North, this morning, when commenting on the crowd at the Springbok Rugby match yesterday. “The motorists were very good, and there were no accidents. They acceded to requests very well and gave the police every assistance. “There is one narticular reference I want to make, in regard to the school children. Statements about children not being under the control and discipline that they were years ago were completely contradicted yesterday, where the children were under the direction of their teachers. Their conduct was all that could be desired. It was very noticeable that when there were any exciting moments, such as when a try was scored, when the children were told to sit down thev did so immediately. I am convinced that the children are under as good control and discipline by their teachers as ever they were. Tt was wonderful to see the control the teachers had over them. “No one had to be ejected from the ground, and one other thing that was noticed particularly was the sobfiet” of the crowd. ' LITTER AT SHOWGROUNDS. Among the thousands of Rugby patrons who chose to stand round the oval at yesterday’s big match were many who provided their own “grandstands,” and this morning the Showgrounds were littered with anything up to a cord of wood ranging from flimsy banana case tops to heavy fencing posts, with numerous boxes thrown in. Not a few had ’ taken step ladders, but these had, of course, been removed, but the rest was left amid a host of paper and general rubbish to make a very untidy picture. This was a good morning for the early birds. There have been thousands of them feasting on the remains of numerous lunch baskets taken to the game by those who patronised the early doors.