OLYMPIC GAMES.
"""■ ■■ ■! THE OFFICIAL jOPENDHJ; AUSTRALASIANS LEAD PROCESSION, By Telegrtpb.—Pmu Amsl—Copyrllht' Received August 6, 5 & p.mi , Antwerp, Angus! 14. The formal opening or the QtyMfc Games at the Stadeum Wis' attend** i with much ceremony anil 'hwaiag ofl artillery, and a huge crowd grerad ta» ; arrival of Royalties. i . All the competitors, led by the Australasians, and representing tweft'tyeight countries, filed past- King ATbtrt, who was presented with addresses. Ihe programme was interspersed witUfmQsJcal items by Swedish and ,l ßelgian|sh4lrs, and the whole proceedings Were jpsrfcod by great enthusiasm. , South Africa and America, dispu&d ib* Australasians' right to lea<LAb*:«a6iH{ sion, but eventually they eoMewT Aw*] tralia's claim.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable- Jum. ' MESSAGE PROM KING<JEOfe«| J ' Received August 10, 125 p.nii, , Antwerp, August IS King George sent a message to fb4l Empire's competitors at, the Qynijpiet Games, wishing them good luel^. Sweden has four hundred omMtippra, America comes next, and New ZmVM i last.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 August 1920, Page 5
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