WRESTLING
• KOLOFF DEFEATS BOLT. ' (Pee United Pbcsb Associatioh.) ,: .: ' HASTINGS, June 8. ' By reason of his greatly strength, Dan Koloff scored an easy ■victory over Rex Bolt at Hastings tonight in a \yrestling contest that was witnessed ..by almost a packed house. Bolt worked hard at wristlocks, but his efforts were unavailing agaiust the remarkable: strength of the Bulgarian, who secured two straight falls with (lumps, followed by body presses after a colourless bout which ended early in the fifth round. ,' -.■ . Five hundred Wooden B oldiers recently saved the city of Yarkand, m Chinese Turkestan, from a rebel army. A the carpenters of the city were pressed into service to make the figures, which were life-size arid were put up to man the walls "n the approach of the enemy. A sevenvears' war has been the country since the old Chinese Yang Tsengbsin, who had ruled well, .was murdered by rival officials. The population of Chinese lurS! more than 10.000,000 in number consists mainly of various tribes, many ot them not of Chinese origin.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22284, 9 June 1934, Page 15
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173WRESTLING Otago Daily Times, Issue 22284, 9 June 1934, Page 15
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