SWIMMING.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 307, 27 December 1924, Page 21

SWIMMING.

' The New South Wales Ladies" Arca--1 teur Swimminp Association is a live body. 1; has determined upon bringing Miss Marieschan Wehselaii. of Honoiui-.i. :to Sydney in December of this rear. The application to the Australian Swim- ' mine l"nion for permission to do this is oiilv a formality, so that Mi-- W.-nst--lau"« lij-pearam-e may be regarded h> :.n established fact. This Honolulu ir.s-ie is sTill in her teens, and hold? ihe world's m-ord for lOOrds 63»ec>. which was put up at Main. Hawaii, on May -ti of last year. Rack in 1021 she swam a ofad heat'over 50yd? in '2* 3-s>ee. with Mis? Ethelda Bleb'trey.the fiaxen-haircd youap lady who was in Australia a iv.uple of yea'r= ago. At the Olympic Gar.ie? Mi?Wehselau «■ just heaven in the KtO metre? by Ethel Laclcie in record t'.r.:i: There is. it is stated, a possibility of the Kew Zealand pirl. Gwitha ?hand. a"so beinj: invited to Australia at the time af Mis? Wehselau. It would not be their first meeting, a* two years asro Miss ?hand raced against Miss Wehselau at , Honolulu. She was beaten in the 100 yds • and 220 yds event?, but vcon the 440 yds ( in world's record time.