Funds Needed To Send Rose Abroad To Meet Nurmi, Ritola, And Other World Athletic Champions

NZ Truth, Issue 1061, 25 March 1926, Page 15

Funds Needed To Send Rose Abroad To Meet Nurmi, Ritola, And Other World Athletic Champions

II "TRUTH'S" SUBSCRIPTION LIST jj |[ Sportsmen of all hues throughout New Zealand will \\ If have no hesitation m supporting the proposal to send || 1 1 R. A. Rose, Australasian mile and three-mile champion, j| If , abroad to try conclusions with the world's best distance jj if runners/ || II Tlirough his four defeats of Lloyd Halm and by his If I j ilecord time over the mile for the British Empire, Rose has « j| II proved himself a great chain i^ion. 'i! II ■ - -■> ■":''.' . ■'■ ■ ' • . H II He may or he may not down either Nurmi or Ritola, but || If. win or lose he can be relied upon to do his utmost to hoist the j| If Silver Fernleaf above the athletic emblems of the other jj || countries of the world. / || || To-day he is ,at the zenith of his athletic career, and, a jj || champion arid a true sportsman, he will prove a worthy re- || 1 1 preseiitatiye\of New Zealand. ■'' ." || I! Zealand Truth," as a paper that stands for Jj fi Sport m all its branches, heartily supports the proposal || I? to send Rose abroad. It appeals to all sportsmen to lend jj II to the venture their practical support, and opens a sub- | || II scription list with a donation of £50. 11 H All contributions should be forwarded to The Account- fj |1 ant, "Truth" Office, Wellington, and will be acknowledged || || ii\ each week's issue: |l II .*:• -■. -...-■.■ • . ' . £ s. d. 11 If The Trustees Estate late Jolm Norton .......... 5,0 0 0 || If "New Zealand, Truth ". staff \. '. . . • 412 6 || H Collection Ponekc Cliib annual meeting 3 10 ; 0 j| II Collection -Government Offices. Wellington y 38 8 6 || II "Shower" and box a collection, Murray — Purdy II 1! fight, per H. Austed .<. ..;.. .-».'. 39 3 0 || Ij ■■ : ■ „ 135 14 0 H !! '. . ..:;..:•'.... .;:•: : ■ ■ ■ • • — ; Si lluiinn mum uimmmim v iiiiwniiiiiu'iiiiiiiintHnii vim mm «j;;j;!™!J!||J|J!J|J||!|J[J![^^