SWIMMING
♦ CHAMPIONSHIPS IN AUSTRALIA RYAN WIN'S TWO EVENTS (iTJfITIfS WIF.SS AWK'IATION- BY El.f.lTKlC I'BLr.GiUpn—coPTWUirr.) (Received February 12. 11.5 p.m.") SYDNEY, February 12. The Australian swimming championships were continued. Results:— 100 YARDS CHAMPIONSHIP. Noel Ryan (New South Wales) .. 1 R. Clark (New South Wales) .. 2 V. Tremble (Queensland) .. 3 Time, 55 4-ssec. ONE MILE. Noel Ryan .. 1 S. Herford (New South Wales .. 2 Witt (Queensland) ..3 P. Smith (New South Wales) .. 4 Time, 21min 36 3-ssec. TWO N.Z. RECORDS BROKEN W AITJEM ATA CAK NIV A L IPHHSS ASSOCIATION TKLEGRAM.) AUCKLAND, February 12. Two New Zealand records were broken at the Waitemata Swimming Club's carnival to-night. Miss Mona Leydon won the Auckland women's 440 yards championship in smin 54 3-ssec, and thus reduced her own record, established last year, by five seconds. W. Johnson was successful in a special attack on the New Zealand 880 yards intermediate boys' race, recording 12min 26sec. He thus clipped lrnin 11 l-ssec off the time made by Batchelor, of Canterbury, 12 years age.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21088, 13 February 1934, Page 7
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168SWIMMING Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21088, 13 February 1934, Page 7
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