WEMBLEY EXHIBITION.
AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. OAHLK AHHOCIATION. STEER ROPING BOOED. (Received this day at 0.21 a.in.) LONDON, .1 iiiio 1.1. N'i*arly a quarter of a million persons profited liy the weather forecast of a lirief line spell when they visited Weinhloy on Saturday. Ninety thousand were present including representatives of humanitarian societies at the opening of the international radio. The spectators delightedly cheered the hair raising exploits of the hrolieho riders and lasooers, hut not angry at a (lemon.stlation occasioned bv a steer roping contest, when the steer’s leg teas hroken. Thousands of people rose in their places and booed. There 'were continual protests for the remainder of the performance.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 June 1924, Page 3
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110WEMBLEY EXHIBITION. Hokitika Guardian, 16 June 1924, Page 3
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