Further evidence of the intensify with which the Japanese are preparing for the Olympic Games at Tokio in J 940 is contained in a Christmas card received by the council of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association from the Japanese controlling body. A finely printed message conveys the usual Christmas greetings, and goes on to express the hope that the New Zealand association will be well represented at Tokio in 1940. On another page is printed the information that polevaulting was practised in Japan over a century ago. This is illustrated by a reprint of a picture of 1799, in which children are shown using a makeshift apparatus pn the seashore.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 34, 10 February 1937, Page 5
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