RANGITOTO TO CHELTENHAM.
MISS GLEITZE'S INTENTION
SWIM ON WEDNESDAY.
Miss Mercedes Gleitze, the English endurance swimmer, who on Sunday morning successfully completed a world's record endurance swim of 43 hours in the tepid baths, will, next Wednesday, attempt to swim from Kangitoto -wharf to 'Cheltenham Beach. She will start at noon. The distance, as the crow flies, is about three miles and a half. She will leave Auckland at 11 a.m.
To-night Miss Gleitze will lecture on her swims across the Hellespont and the Sea of Marmora. Both lectures will be illustrated by miniature moving films.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 15, 19 January 1931, Page 9
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96RANGITOTO TO CHELTENHAM. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 15, 19 January 1931, Page 9
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