A photographic record of the second British Empire Games, London, 1934

Album is a record of the New Zealand team sent to the British Empire Games, London, in 1934. There are photographs of Lord Bledisloe farewelling the team, the opening of the games, meeting the Prince of Wales, swimming events, the team's representatives in England including Arthur Espie Porritt (later to be Governor General) who acted as the team's manager. Other photographs show the Suez canal and the ruins of Pompei. This album also contains menus for dinners hosted by the Goldsmiths and Haberdashers companies. The dinner hosted by the Goldsmiths is recorded in a large photograph. The New Zealanders and the Australians were the only guests who wore dinner suits.

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