OLYMPIC GAMES
AMSTERDAM’S DILEMMA. (Rec 5.5. p.m.) Amsterdam, May 26. Following a report that the Queen will not open the Olympic Games, a sensation was caused by a report in the Telegraph that the Burgomaster will be away from the capital on a holiday during the main part of the programme. Significance lies in the fact that the Burgomaster is a strict Sabbatarian, in consequence of which Amsterdam is one of the few cities in Holland where public dances are forbidden on Sundays.—Amsterdam Press Association—United Service. BURGOMASTER’S DENIAL. (Rec. 11 p.m.) Amsterdam, May 26. The Burgomaster denies that’he will be absent during the Olympic Games.—Australian Press Association-United Service.
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Southland Times, Issue 20497, 28 May 1928, Page 7
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108OLYMPIC GAMES Southland Times, Issue 20497, 28 May 1928, Page 7
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