OLYMPIC GAMES

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19885, 14 May 1936, Page 8

OLYMPIC GAMES

[ DH’ARTL'RE OF TEAMS. i r ! i AM ENTHUSIAs'rIo FARIWILL. I i i ____ ~ . l LIVELY :‘CENES L\' SYDNEY, l'nlted Pres:- Assn—Elev. Tel. Copyri'ht. SYDNEY. May 18. The New Zoaland, New South Wales and Queensland competitors. who embarked to—day on the .\longolia for the Olympic Games at Berlin, were hidden farewell by crowds of relatives. friends and admirers. The Police Band played “ Advance. Australia" and “Auld Lang Syne.“ \‘ery lively scenes were \\'itneuod. amid a maze of coloured slreamere. The German Consul-General. Dr. R. Asmis, presented the commander of the Mongolia with an Olympic flag in the name or the German Olympic Committee, and assured the teams of a most cordial welcome. The personnel of the Australian team is as follows. Athletics—J. .\leicalfe. G. Backhouse, A. \\'atson. E. \\'oodhouee, B. Dickinson and Miss D. Carter. Swimming—P. Oliver. R. .\lastere. \\'. Kendall and .\lisses P. Norton, IK. .\iackay and E. Delacey. Boxing and \\‘restlins.~R. Garrard“) L. Cook, E. Scarf, L. Harley. H. Cooper land J. O‘Hara. _ Cycling.—E. Gray, c. Wheeler and T. Johnson. Hmving—New South Wales police crew, Cecil Pearce and H. turner. The New Zealand Olympic team comprises C. H. Matthews and V. P. Boot (athletics), u. Gordon. N. Fisher and 'l". Arbuthnot (boxing) and G. R. Giles (cycling). J. E. Lovelock will also represent New Zealand and will Join the team in England. as NATION. RIPRIIIITID. TOTAL OF 5300 ATHLETES. .._._ t ARRANGEMENTS l.\' BERLIN. . (Received May 15. 11.5 am.) LONDON. May 13. An Olympic omclal \\‘ho is visiting ‘London told the Associated Press that 53 nations are sending 5300 athletea to Berlin. The few which declined invitations included Palestine. which re—plied that athletes had not yet reached Olympic standard. ‘The German team will number iGO. and will be the largest at. the Games. America's team of 400 will probably be ‘next in number. i The Ministry of Finance has reiiaxed the foreign exchange restric‘tions to enable the importation of foreign food. In addition to the German Army officer attached to each team as an aeaistant. there will be an omclal attache ‘to each team on behalf of the arsen‘islng committee, who will, as tar as iposslhle. be of the same nationality. ‘ All the British Empire teams will be .grouped in the same section at the iolympic village.