SWIMMING.
CHAMPION LADY SWIMMERS. [B7 TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION. J WELLINGTON, Thursday. Miss Annette Kellerman. who witnessed yesterday s great contest between the Misses bhand and Hoeft, described New >as the keenest peoplo where swimming is concerned in the world. She thinks that., for the first time in the annals of swimming the Dominion can challenge the wor d. If Misees 8 hand and Hoeft could go te Australia it would malte the comretitions there twice as good as they have been, and it would be better for sport generally. Australian swimming had been stagnant during recent years; it had not mado anything like the progress made in New Zealand. Miss Kellerman statod that she had sent a message to tho swimming . authorities in Australia suggesting n visit by Misses Shand and Hoeft. " I am prepared to finance Miss Shand's trip," she added, "and sincerely hope arrangements will be made to send Miss Hoeft also."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18012, 10 February 1922, Page 4
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