COOK STRAIT SWIM.
MISS GLEITZB'S INTENTION. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION —BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT.) LONDON, November 12. Miss Mercedes Gleitze. the London typiste, who was unsuccessful in two attempts this 'week to swim the Irish Sea, says that she proposes to swim Cook Strait, New Zealand. —Australian Press Association. [Miss Gleitze, aged 28; swam the English Channel on October 7th, 1927, from Cape Griz Nez, in 15 hours 15 minutes. On October 21st she tried to repeat the swim, but failed. • Some doubt was cast on the authenticity of her achievement, and she lately swam the Straits of Gibraltar after many attempts.]
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19467, 14 November 1928, Page 9
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