SETTLED DOWN

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 29 July 1932, Page 6

SETTLED DOWN

AT OLYMPIC VILLAGE

NEW ZEALANDERS IN TRAINING

QUARTERED WITH AUSTRALIANS

LOS ANGELES, stli July

The New Zealand Olympic team has arrived at the Olympic village, Ims Angeles, and has started training, with tlie advantage of being quartered side by side with the Australians. At San Francisco, Avhere tlie team stayed at tlie Hotel Steward for a day, and met many ex-New Zealanders who called on then), a change in the transportation was decided upon. Instead of travelling by train to Los Angeles the party Avent down the coast by steamer, n distance of 350 miles to Santa Monica. Tlie s.s. Yale, on Avhich they travelled, is a fast and luxurious steamer, Avhich did the journey at a clip of 22 knots. The ship is equipped Avitli wireless, and carries a jazz band. On the drive of 30 miles from the coast to Los Angeles, tlie team had its first experience of American right-hand-ed motor-driving. They reached the. Olympic village in time for a light lunch at midday, and Avere then taken for a motor trip through Hollywood, and shown the homes of the famous pictureland artists in the Beverley Hills. Arrangements for living and training at the Olympic village are first-class. There are about 500 huts, each of wliicli holds four men. All the English-speak-ing people are in one quarter, and the other nations are dotted over the village. Handy to the cottages are first-aid houses, cookhouses and dining rooms for each nation. Those nations that have not their own chefs with them, are supplied with cooks. Australia and New Zealand have one chef, and dine together. Miss Kench is stopping in town at an hotel with the Australian girls. All these girls go into special quarters later. All round the Olympic village is a wire fence, eight feet high, and it is patrolled night and day by cowboys. All the athletes have started training, and all have different training quarters. The boxers work out at the Hollywood Athletic Club’s gym., the runners at the Manual Art High School’s track, the cyclists at the Culver City board track and on the road’ and the oarsmen at Long Beach. So the only times of the day they meet together are at meal times and in - the evenings. The boys are all waiting for the first batch of letters from home, .sweet home.

HEARD AT BREAKFAST TABLE “Don’t forget to get mo another tin of Pulmonns Avlien you’re in town to-day. Young John was sniffing again last night and I don’t Avant him to get any more colds.” Keep Pulmonas always handy. There’s nothing better for preventing or relieving colds. A pleasant-tasting quick remedy—Pulmonas 1/6 and 2/6 everywhere.