POLICE ATHLETES

Evening Post, Volume c, Issue 54, 5 March 1934, Page 11

POLICE ATHLETES

SYDNEY CARNIVAL'

NEW ZEALAND MEN

Two members of.' the- New Zealand Police Force, Constables J. Simpson and D. G. Thompson, both of Christchureh, returned- to Wellington today by the Monowai after having competed at the big police Olympiad in Sydney on February 17. They were the only New Zealand representatives, the other competitors being from South Australia, Victoria, Queensland, and New South Wales, and among them were such wellknown athletes as G. A. Golding, Australian champion and Olympic games representative. Constable Simpson, who is a wrestler, won the Australian championship in the heavyweight division. Unfortunately Constable Thompson was not in the best of health, and was not fit on the day. Ho competed in the 440 yards event, and was fourth, and in. the onemilo walk he was leading when he was disqualified. . The two New Zealand constables told a "Post" reporter that they had been given a wonderful time by police officials of Sydney, and Melbourne, which city they visited after, the Sydney carnival, and the authorities in New South Wales had expressed tha hope that at tho next carnival there would be a team competing from New Zealand. "We saw some very big men in action at the carnival," said Constable Simpson. "For instance, the aggregate weight of one of the tug-o'-war teams, each of which comprised eight men, was very nearly a ton." There were eighty-three events in the programme. The carnival was well organised, and from 10 o'clock in the morning until 6 p.m. spendid displays, providing plenty 'of variety, were watched by a large crowd. The attendance in the afternoon was estimated at 40,000. ' •