N.Z. ATHLETES.
ARRIVAL IN LONDON. (Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, June 26. Wearing straw hats despite a drenching rain, the members of the New Zealand Olympic Games team, Arbuthnot, Boot, Gordon, Fisher, Matthews and Giles, arrived in London. Tliey were greeted by Sir James Parr, New Zealand High Commissioner, and by J. E. Lovelock and Dr. Porritt. - Dr. Porritt, a former New Zealand representative at the Olympic Games, who will take charge of the present team and direct their training, states that the athletes are very fit and in splendid spirits.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 151, 27 June 1936, Page 9
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