GIANTS—OLD AND NEW
“One is always being told of the giants of the old days—of the stal- : warts from the Wairarapa who used to be in the fifteen, and one is told that the physique of the present-day . boy does not compare with the old . days,” said Mr. W. A. Armour, prin- ‘ cipal of the Wellington Boys’ College, i at an old boys' function. But facts seemed to belie these assertions,, he I 1 said. At present there were in the, 1 college 14 boys 6ft. tall or over, the. : tallest being 6ft. 2Jin. in height; and)’ 14 boys weighed 12 stbne or more, the 1 heaviest being 15 stone 81b. in weight, and four others being over 13 stone. Jj
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20107, 29 November 1939, Page 11
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121GIANTS—OLD AND NEW Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20107, 29 November 1939, Page 11
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