THE OLYMPIC GAMES
RETURN OF V. P, BOOT [by TELEQRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION'] WELLINGTON, Monday V. P. Boot, one of the New Zealand representatives at the Olympic Games at Berlin, returned by the Ruahine to-day. He spent soino time visiting relatives, and studying farming in Ireland. He returns much impressed with the organisation of tho Olympic Games, but he considers that the militaristic aspect of the' occasion marred things somewhat. Ho is returning to Lyttelton. He considers that tho Games should bo confined to men, and women should have their own Games if they wanted to take part in sport.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22584, 24 November 1936, Page 10
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99THE OLYMPIC GAMES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22584, 24 November 1936, Page 10
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