MARATHON SWIMMING
WEBSTER'S INTENTIONS
It is reported that B. J. Webster, the. Auckland distance swimmer, who is preparing to mako another attempt to swim Cook Strait, will also endeavour to .swim from Day's. Bay to Wellington. Another event which lie has in view is the race on Wellington. Harbour for the Annette Kellerman. Cup. Webster Has been training consistently in Auckland, and recently put up fastest time in the harbour 'race there. The Annette Kellerman Cup contest is to be held in connection with the New Zealand swimming championships, and is set down for decision on Thursday of next week. It will bo on the Sunday after this eveiit that Webster will mako his attempt to cover the distance from Day's Bay to Wellington, and after that ho will await a favourable opportunity for his second attempt to cross Cook Strait.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 25, 30 January 1929, Page 13
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141MARATHON SWIMMING Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 25, 30 January 1929, Page 13
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