SWIMMER PROVES RUMOUR BASELESS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18624, 28 November 1928, Page 8

SWIMMER PROVES RUMOUR BASELESS.

MISS STOCKLEY WISHES TO CLEAR CHARACTER

(Special to the “ Star.") AUCKLAND, November 28. “ I do not care about anything else as long as my name and my character are cleared,” said Miss Ena Stockley. New Zealand representative swimmer at the 1928 Olympiad, yesterday, as she handed to the “ Herald ” a shear of documents dealing with rumours of which she has been made the subject since her return. Miss Stockley said that unfounded suggestions had been made regarding

her. She had brought these to the notice of the New Zealand Swimming Association, and had also gone to the trouble to obtain certificates from her medical advisers in England and New' Zealand. The certificates and reports produced by Miss Stockley show that any report of the nature mentioned by her is baseless. It appears from the documents that the name of Mr H. Amos, manager of the Olympic team, was connected with the rumours, but in a letter to the Swimming Association Mr Amos denies any connection with them. The letter was forwarded after representatives of the association had waited on the New Zealand Olympic Council, and says:— “The Chairman of the New Zealand Swimming Association, —I gather from statements made by your representatives to the New Zealand Olympic Council this morning (November 1) that I am accused of having made remarks derogatory to the character of Miss Ena Stockley during the tour of the New Zealand Olympic team. I have not made any such remarks, nor do I know of any grounds on which the character of Miss Stockley could be impugned. If any remarks made by me have been misconstrued by any person, I very much regret the fact, and express regrets to Miss Stockley for any such misconstructions.”