Throughout New Zealand during this month scenes such as those depicted on this page will be common, for over a period of four weeks from Monday, the big " Learn to Swim" campaign, with the aim of teaching 75,000 people to swim, will be in full swing. In learning to swim confidence is the first essential, and to give them confidence pupils are instructed to hold on to the pipe or chain round the bath and force their heads beneath the surface, keeping the; eyes open. Before going under breathe in through the mouth, and under water exhale through both nose and mouth.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 29, 4 February 1939, Page 1 (Supplement)
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102Throughout New Zealand during this month scenes such as those depicted on this page will be common, for over a period of four weeks from Monday, the big " Learn to Swim" campaign, with the aim of teaching 75,000 people to swim, will be in full swing. In learning to swim confidence is the first essential, and to give them confidence pupils are instructed to hold on to the pipe or chain round the bath and force their heads beneath the surface, keeping the; eyes open. Before going under breathe in through the mouth, and under water exhale through both nose and mouth. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 29, 4 February 1939, Page 1 (Supplement)
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