TO LESSEN DROWNINGS
[United Press Association! WESTPORT. 4th December. The educational officer of the West Coast Swimming Centre. Mr C. M. Robertson, said to-night that an alarm ing number of deaths by drowning on the West Coast indicated that not enough children were gaining the free certificates issued by the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association for proficiency in swimming. He appealed to all schools to apply for certificates, thus encouraging swimming and keeping death by drowning away from the West Coast as much as possible.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 6 December 1940, Page 7
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85TO LESSEN DROWNINGS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 6 December 1940, Page 7
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