SYDNEY’S SURF RISKS
NOT APPRECIATED BY NEW ZEALAND VISITOR
united Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyrltrhl lAnstralian Pres* Aasn.) (Received Nov. 25, 11.10 p.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 25. As a result of easterly gales there was a tremendous surf at Coogee and Bondi. The life-saving brigade to-day rescued about a dozen bathers carried to sea, some in W half dead condition They were resuscitated by ambulance men
A New Zealander,., paused .a.diversion by swimming in the danger zone'; nearly,, three hundred yards from the shore. Life savers went after him, but he leisurely came ashore on the top of huge breakers and, when- reproved by the surf brigade men because of the risks' of sharks and undertow. he calmly retorted : “Why, we think nothing about going that far- out in New Zealand.” Later. The New Zealander indicated,in the surf incident was Ronald Webster of Auckland, who .made an unsuccessful attempt to swim Cook Strait lastseason.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10753, 26 November 1928, Page 5
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154SYDNEY’S SURF RISKS Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10753, 26 November 1928, Page 5
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