SWIMMING
.; NEW ZEALAND MEETING. ■ . ' ]'■ NEW RECORDS made; ; : 1 (Unitxd Pbess Association.) ; WANGANUI, Feb 10. ' i The New Zealand swimming J championships concluded to-night in ; fine weather and before a big attend-,, ance. ,Th© meeting throughout was , characterised by fine swimming, and in ' all the championship events New.Zea- " ' land records were beaten by substantial margins. The results of to-night's contests were: — , I 440 yards amateur championship: Champion (Waitemata) 1, Wilson (Waitemata) 2, Atkirisoh "(Opawa.) 3. - Time, smin 40secs, beating Champion's own, • record for New Zealand by 8 3-ssecs. 60 yards ecratch: Brice (Wellington) l„,Pfankdch' (Blenheim} J 2,. O'Hafa (Waitemata) 3. Time, 29 sees. 100 yards ladies' handicap: Mies.'E. O'Leary (Masterton) 3. Time 1.45. 400 yards flying squadron championship : Auckland 1, Hawke's Bay 2, Wan-i ganiii 3. Time, 4.28 1-5. Polo championship, final: Canterbury beat Wellington 4 —2.' 100 yards relay inter-club handicap : Victoria B (Wanganui) 1, Blenheim 2. Time, 66 2-ssecs. » The Yalrhnrst shield was won by the Auckland province with 46 points, Canterbury 19 beingj second.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 11 February 1913, Page 1
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