THE HARDY ONES
One can always know the man who takes a cold shower right round th« year; he tells one about it. But one cannot be sure of the all-year swimmer; he does not talk about it. Iso one would believe him. There are, however, quite a few such hardy ones iii Wellington, or there were last year, as the following figures of takings at the To Aro Baths show:— April, 1920, £9 7s 3d; May, £5 3s Sd; June. £3 ]$ sfl; July, £2 0s sd; August, £2 5s 3d; Scptembe'r, £12 los id; Octo^' bcr, £23 17s' 6d; November, £62 llg Id; December, £87 Is lOd. January, 1927, £240 ]6s 2d: February, £389 12s lOd; March, £110 17s Od. Of the total, £951 9s lid, only £34 12* 9d was taken during the off" months, compared with £916 17s 2d during the five summer months. The sudden discouragement of bathers as from. March is very evident. It is also to ,1)0 remembered, when comparing these figures, that the winter and early gpring figures include the majority of fees for annual tickets, so that really the difference is still greater. The figures suggest that tepid baths would be Tery] welcome in Wellington.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 131, 7 June 1927, Page 10
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