BOYS’ TOUR OF INDIA
Brltish Official Wireless. RUGBY. April 8. Twenty boys belonging to twelve British public schools have returned to London after a tour of 6000 miles through India. The journey was organised bv the Schools of the Empire Tour Committee. The boys spent two months in India in charge of a master from Rugby School. They dined with the Viceroy, had tea with Congress leaders, rode on camels, saw the sun rise on Mount Everest, from a distance of 100 miles, went in search of % tiger, shopped in native bazaars, and drove through the Khyber Pass. Many important cities were visited and the boys were royally entertained everywhere.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20276, 10 April 1934, Page 2
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