SWIMMING

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 December 1936, Page 14

SWIMMING

AUSTRALIANS’ DEPARTURE. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, December 21. The final appearance of the Australians, Arthur O'Connor (diving’ champion), and W. Fleming-(freestyle and hackstroke champion), drew an interested crowd to the Lower Hutt baths. Fleming'; who had been confined' to his bed through.illness contracted after leaving Christchurch, rather than disappoint the crowd, swam in the 100 yards freestyle invitation event-, which he won in' (TO 2-ssecs. " Thereafter O’Connor filled the gap admirably with an exhibition of plain and fancy diving. A presentation of greenstone tikis was made to the visitors by the chairman of the Wellington Amateur Swimming Association. Mr /Dudley Hellm-

lich, the manager, was presented with a piece of carved kauri.’ Mr Hellmrich. who is secretary ofS the New South Wales Amateur Swimming Association, said that on bis return to Sydney he will make every endeavour to induce the Australian Onion to waive temporarily the rule about the disqualification of surf members who compete in still-water swimming' carnivals, so as to enable the members of the Australian surf team which will tour Now Zealand next February, to fall in line with the wishes of the New Zealand Surf Association and compete in still-water carnivals. The team sailed to-day by the Awatea.