The Archive · 1937

German Excavations at Olympia Succeed

Athens, July 21 German excavators at Olympia since April this year, have been favoured by great luck, according to Dr. Wrede, who is in charge of the excavation work, Twenty excellently preserved helmets have been found so far, as well as many fragments of chiselled bronze shields, bronze bands and bracelets and fragments with engraved pictures of animals and. fabulous beings. Excavation work is being continued.—Trans-Ocean a en, Chief Constable of Buckinghamshire, at 51, has passed his final law examination and Will be called to the Bar in November—but he has no intention of practising in the court. "Bless my soul I would not give.up police work for anything" he said at his home at Aylesbury. "I think it is a great benefit for a policeman to have a good knowledge of the law."

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