Fiji’s Olympic Team

Arrives in Australia

(See photos below) FIJI’S Olympic hopes took tD Sydney welcome (Nov. 10), ? the aplomp of veterans, althoD they seemed a little puzzled by ■ whole performance. As t emerged from the customs tion room at Mascot airport t were besieged by press phc graphers from Sydney’s Sum newspapers, asked to pose a* team, to pose individually, T answer innumerable questions.!.

Discus thrower, Mesulame, ft Ba, stole the show, and also rr aged to get through customs sod how with a lei hanging round! neck. Leis are generally confiscc and destroyed lest they carry s disease which is not wanted; Australia.

Genial Harry Charman, manr of the two boxers, Hector HI and Tommy Schuster, was qui confident that his boys would well in Melbourne. He said both the boys had made remr able strides in the last 12 moi( Mr. Charman brought a touct Fiji to the airport by carryin yaqona tanoa.

Mr. W. Ragg, managen Mesulame, said that his charge been throwing the discus around 160 ft mark, and expected hin do better after a few days’ prae in Melbourne.

The other two members ofl team are yachtsmen J. O. GilliJ and N. C. Bentley. Bentley arr in Australia some weeks ago, , was waiting for Gillmore to him in Melbourne.

Tahiti Nui Leaves: The

under the command of de Biso left Papeete Harbour, 9 a.m.,, vember 8. Destination Peru, , thence back to Tahiti. (S?e Shift Niros'*.