BATHING FATALITIES
TO THE EDITOR OV THE I'BESS. Sir,—l suggest that drowning accidents in New Zealand be tabulated and analysed, as is done by the Minister for Transport in regard to motor accidents. Whose job it I do not know. lam quite convinced that more swimmers than non-swimmers get drowned; and so “the learn-to-swim weeks, if I am right, will not decrease drownings, rather the reverse. I would put much more faith in notices to bathers, warning them of treacherous currents, dangerous undertow, or extradeep water in unexpected places near the shore. One thing that always surprises me is the foolishness displayed by visitors both in diving in and swimming far out in strange waters of which they can know nothing. And so, often a valuable life is thus lost for want of a little forethought and inquiry. Finally, I suppose even an editor may nod, but I was surprised to find you so keen on “learn-to-swim week,” as a preventive.—Yours, etc., FRED T. MILES. Ashburton. January 24, 1938.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22309, 25 January 1938, Page 13
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