STRENGTH OF STERLING

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3849, 4 October 1932, Page 7

STRENGTH OF STERLING

A RISE NOTED FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET .A-i»t. M»l N.Z. Cable 1 Rugby, October 1. The foal 11 re* of the London foreign exchange market tlii morning was the strength of sterling on New York, the rate'haying risen to 3.453. (The rate on September 29 was 3;45J doltf to- t, l n» th)

WOMEN ATHLETES ITALY DROPS BAN The -results of the recent Olympic Games at Los Angeles "ill be the cause of tv return of Italian, women to (sports and a reveital of the Govermnont’s stern decision forbidding participation by women ' ,l sporting events, said Leandro Arpinati. Ull--of Interior an<l President of the Italian Olympic commit* tee. Italy sent no women to Loti Angeles this ye;\r. ‘ -The total point score of a number of nations,’ Signor Arpinati said, “was based partially on the victories scored by women. Tbi s support was domed our team. “This must be taken into account, in par', to justify the wide cliff* rence in the score of tho United State's an< Jtalv. Naturally we had no women qualified to represent us- We were unprepnrdd in the feminine s-ports-’’