POLICE OLYMPIAD
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CHRISTCHURCH, March 5. Constables Simpson and Thompson, both of Christchurch, returned by the Monowai to-day after competing as the only New Zealand representatives m the Police Olympiad in Sydney last rtiorith., They said they had received wonderful treatment from the Sydney and Melbourne police officials and the New South Wales authorities. They expressed the hope that there would be a New Zealand team at the next carnival.
.The late “ Tex ’’ Rickard, the greatest promoter of fights the world has bad. predicted that the Georges Car-iientier-Jnck Dempsey bout would attract £IOO,OOO. It' attracted over double, that amount.
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Evening Star, Issue 21662, 6 March 1934, Page 4
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102POLICE OLYMPIAD Evening Star, Issue 21662, 6 March 1934, Page 4
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