SWIMMING RECORDS.
NEW FIGURES ESTABLISHED. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, March 27. In special attempts on the Now Zealand saltwater records at the swimming carnival to-night, three new records were established. Miss Ena Stockley covered 100 yards in 65 seconds, heating her own record by three-fifths of a second, and 100 metres in 71 4-5 seconds, beating Miss Pauline Hoeft’s record by 2 2-5 seconds. G, Bridson swam 220 yards in 2 minutes 29 seconds, lowering A. A. Stokes’s record by 2 seconds.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 101, 28 March 1929, Page 9
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82SWIMMING RECORDS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 101, 28 March 1929, Page 9
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