25,000 TAUGHT.
LEARN-TO-SWIM CAMPAIGN. CANTERBURY SHOWS THK WAY. (By T"l<»ffrapli— Association.) CHRISTCHIRCH, this day. Twen'.y-live thousand people in the Dominion were taught to swim during the New '/.c iland- wide campaign that was held during the summer. That is the figure with Tour small returns to come, and includes results from the main centres. Canterbury takes pride of place in the results achieved during the campaign with a total of <iI(V2. The figures reveal the effectiveness of the campaign, for last year's total of people taught to swim was 12.»H)(t, less than half the tally for ]<XM. In Canterbury alone the number of those taught increased tenfold.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 124, 29 May 1939, Page 10
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