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Hokitika Guardian, 9 August 1921, Page 1

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GTTNTPbTJMA'N’ OTR.VRIh P\P.TS. “Gentleman Girard.” a , 1 ■ ' f" If .Tune 6. •ultured Pn- , ;,.,w Paris, ajiu who is suspected 01 Urn murders, a number of attempted murders and several forgeries, is seriously ill and has been moved from prison to hospital. Tt is feared that galloping consumption will set in. Girard _is_ alleged first to have insured bis victims for large sums and then by means of thie cultures of deadly microbes to have got rid of at least two of them. TTis wife and one of bis mistresses are alleged to have aided him. chtnprf, GTPL ATHLETES. CHANGHAT, Jtme 6. One of the features of the Far Eastern Olympic games, which are taking place here, was the display of massed drill anfl athletic exercises by 1.000 Chinese school-girls. Physical culture is taking a strong hold on the imagination of the daughters of those who for generations have stiffly hobbled on painfully hound feet. The modern Chinese schoolgirl delights in tennis, (swimming gymnastics, wrestling and even boxing and does them uncommonly well.