TOUR OF INDIA.
PUBLIC SCHOOLBOYS’ EXPERIENCE. (British Official AVireless.) RUGBY, April 8. Twenty hoys belonging to 12 British public schools returned to London yesterday after a 6000 miles tour of India. The journey was organised by the School Empire Tour Committee and the boys 'spent two months in India in the charge of a master at Rugby School. They dined with the Viceroy, had tea with Congress leaders, rode on camels, saw the sun rise on Mt. Everest from a distance of 100 miles, went in search of tigers, shopped in native bazaars, and drive through _ Khybcr Pass. Many important cities in India were visited and the boys were royally entertained everywhere.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 111, 10 April 1934, Page 7
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112TOUR OF INDIA. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 111, 10 April 1934, Page 7
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