SWIMMING.

Auckland Star, Issue XXXVI, 21 October 1905, Page 12

SWIMMING.

B. B. Kieran has arranged to retain to Sydney by the R.M.S. Orontes, which was due to sail from London on October .6th.

Mr W. Henry, secretary of the Royal Life Saving Society in England, has .written an interesting letter to Mr V?. J. Hill, hop. secretary N.B.W. .AS.iL, concerning Kieran and the prospect of visit to Australia.,; Of Kieran, Mr Henry sara:—'.'As regards Kieran and his swimming, your wonder at first provided (ilsapppintment '" not only to himself, hut also to his ipany friends here and on your side. , Many people here shopk their beads, and doubted whether he was such a wonder as represented. Even I was blamed for circulating pusrepresentatibng, but by sticking to bis work, and getting into the same form as when at home, be daily added to bag reputation, and now even those wbo"wrote doubtfully oi his ability, and discounted hh» tunes. made' in Ausjtralia, wjjte $he jsprd fwqueaitly affcer bia-jukae. <&nroj±lte

-fine-swimming he has mide~lighi d£'best" on records* «dded .-iaftier .flAfap "sof his ever-inereaaing baggage, and now I have one room 1n "the 'house labelled 'Kieran's Prize Den.*/ On the visit to ( Sweden, Kieran.scooped the pool. One race (four miles), .did jjot: win. No one won, as all had up. I. got Kieran out ISO yards :> €«>in the finish, only justln time,' for he was done. It took our united efforts-fer-.two^ hours to get him round. The distance, .with a .against 4iim at rtbesfinish, and the cold water (56 .deg. tled hmlctlmpJetely. ,^i^pce^ni^ J a visit by a leading swimmer to Sydney, Mr" Henry says: ''The clubs and swimming generally benefit by the visit of men as Kieran,,and'they should in re-; turn help,to .benefit those -who "benefitthem. No one cap charge the finglish Association with :being poor, as-between the various . district bodies we have a surplus sum of oyer £4a5, and 700 clubs, affiliated. . .'.'He had spoken .to ißil-' lington and his father about the mat-: .ter idf visiting Australia. They .are both Willing provided it costs them nothing. That is only reasonable, dor mei-. ther has the money jto spend."

New baths, 50yds. square, erected Lavender Bay,- ,-oost £2300, There are numerdns dre3ging:roQßis pnd a club-house of two storeys. ' '-.