EMPIRE GAMES
NEW ZEALAND TEAM . m. W. E. PARRY HOMtHATID AS MANAGER [Per United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, November 25. The suggestion that the Minister of Internal Affairs (Hon. W. E. Parry) be asked to accept the managership of the New Zealand team 1 to visit the Empire Games was made at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association this evening. Mr J. W. Toomey, who moved the motion, said that the Minister had done wonderful work for sport in the Dominion. Mr Baxter O’Neill said that, if Mr Parry accepted, it would be the first time that a Minister of the Grown had gone abroad from New Zealand in such a position. It would give a great fillip to the sport, and the gain in prestige would be immense. The suggestion will be forwarded to the New Zealand Olympic Council,
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Evening Star, Issue 22816, 26 November 1937, Page 16
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143EMPIRE GAMES Evening Star, Issue 22816, 26 November 1937, Page 16
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