In Empire Games
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Fiji May Take Part
SUVA. June 30.
THE New Zealand Empire Games As sociation and the organising com mittee of the 1950 British Empire Games (to be held at Auckland in Feb ruary) have invited Fiji to take part.
The invitation is addressed to the “British Empire Games Association of Fiji,” which does not exist, but the newly formed Fiji Amateur Sports Association is in the process of getting itself affiliated to the Empire Games headquarters at London.
There is as yet no indication of what representatives of Fiji will be available for the Games. Under the strict defi nition of “amateur,” almost all of Fiji’s athletes, including boxers, are “profes sionals.” The reason for this is that with virtually no amateur competitive athletics except swimming, bowling, foot ball, hockey and tennis, people have had to be either “professionals” or nothing at all.