Line 4.0.0 The_ Lord Mayor (Cr. Dis

Line 4.0.1 ney) said: "This, is tremendous

Line 4.0.2 news, for the City of Mel

Line 4.0.3 bourne, for the State of Vic

Line 4.0.4 toria and for the Common

Line 4.0.5 wealth of Australia. Not only

Line 4.0.6 that, but, I consider the al

Line 4.0.7 location of the 1956 games to

Line 4.0.8 the Southern Hemisphere will

Line 4.0.9 strengthen the great Olympic

Line 4.0.10 movement.

Line 4.0.11 The Australian delegation

Line 4.0.12 , were tlie happiest men in the

Line 4.0.13 world as thev stood" in the

Line 4.0.14 lobby outside the room where

Line 4.0.15 the committee's decision, was

Line 4.0.16 rcn chctl.

Line 4.0.17 The : president of the Vic

Line 4.0.18 torian Olympic Council (Sir

Line 4.0.19 Frank Bcaurepalre), who was

Line 4.0.20 highly jubilant, commented:

Line 4.0.21 "Boy, I'll say we' are going to

Line 4.0.22 have a party." '

Line 4.0.23 He; said that the Australians

Line 4.0.24 had based their, bid on two

Line 4.0.25 main points: That, although

Line 4.0.26 Australia was one of the con-

Line 4.0.27 " tinents represented by the five

Line 4.0.28 Interlocked rings of the" Olym-

Line 4.0.29 .pic symbol, It lind never had

Line 4.0.30 the gatnes. nnd that Australia

Line 4.0.31 was one of the four nations

Line 4.0.32 which h"d' attended every

Line 4.0.33 : Olympic Games.

Line 4.0.34 The other throe were Bri-

Line 4.0.35 tain, the U.S. and Greece.

Line 4.0.36 N.Z. Pleased

Line 4.0.37 A Wellington (N.Z.) message

Line 4.0.38 says gratification at the 1956

Line 4.0.39 Olympics .being allocated to

Line 4.0.40 'Melbourne, was expressed' bv

Line 4.0.41 , Mr. H. I. Austad, chairman of

Line 4.0.42 the .New- Zealand ' Amateur

Line 4.0.43 Athletic Association.

Line 4.0.44 He said that the staging of

Line 4.0.45 . the. games in Australia would

Line 4.0.46 provide a great stimulus to the

Line 4.0.47 sport In both countries, and

Line 4.0.48 would save the New Zealand

Line 4.0.49 competitors long distances oi

Line 4.0.50 travel that had affected their

Line 4.0.51 teams sent overseas to past

Line 4.0.52 Olympics.

Line 4.0.53 New Zealand/ he said, should

Line 4.0.54 be able to send to Melbourne

Line 4.0.55 every . athlete who had ' at-