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LAND AND WATER.

His Excel icncv the Governor, it is quite •evident («av? the Timarn Po«t) has the faculty of adapting l.im«elf to circumstances. His Excellent y is at present spending a few <lay=; v.ith iocl and line at the Tengawai Rivei-. ai,d on Batur<lav he was observed ■ tiiivclliiiac down the raiUvav lin-p from Cave on one of the Railway Department's trolleys to enjoy some sport lov.er i!o\*. n the river, opposite Sutherlands. Mi-ses Mahcney. M Cierk. and E. | M'Lauerhlin. members of tlie Brisbane Ladies' Swimmina Club, scl cnit on February 12 on a five pnd a-quartpr miles' swim on tbo Brisbane River. fini=hina at Ipswich. Miss ilahoney covered tYc distance in 3hi 50min. Miss "Clark in 4hv 32min. Miss M'Laughlin gave up after covering four miles in 2hr 57min. The popularity of motor boats in the Home Country is shown by the fact that there is a special paper devoted tr> it. In the January number there is an article on - " The. Motor Boat in New Zealand." dealingprincipally with Auckland. Writing from "The Hermitage" to a member of the Tirnaru Post staff, Miss G. E. Benham. the well-known Alpine climber, thus complains:—"! am leaving here, having done practically nothing in the way of climbing. It is iot safe to attempt ascents over snow-covered glaci&rs with !--ss than three on the rope, end it seems io me to be hopeless to wait till I can get two guides .to myself. Mount Cook is out of the question became of tbe expense. The charge for givefes her© is enormous, and it would cost me £12. or probably more, for the asoenc. and I do not think the game is worth the candle. lam naturally v<-ry disappointed a« my chief object in coming tc New Zealand was to climb some cf yout mountains, but the Government Tourisi Department would not allow me any reduction in ihs> way of guides' fees. ?o I must go mv way without climbing." A huge sea-lion, measuring about Bft in length from tail to no*e. was recently seen disporting itself on the rocks beyond Oamara breakwater. I The Tourist Department has written tc Mr H. G. Berryman, of Ashburton (says the Mail), asking if it may send the 201b trout caught by him two years ago to the Crystal Palace Exhibition. London. Mr Berryman has given his consent on condition that the trout is returned to tbe colony and permanently placed on -exhibition in Christ--church. On a recent fishing excursion in Auckland to Onehunga Heads" no less than 500 large sehnapper were caught in an hour. A London message states that Stevenson, in a match at billiards of 18,000 tip, beat -, Dawson, who had made 16,300 when his oppo nent ran out.

A SY'IMMIXG RECORD. « SYDNEY, March 5.

In the Mile Swimming Championship of New b*outh "Wales Reran broke his previous world's record by lrain 19 2-ssec. He won by over 200 yards in 23min 16 4-ssec.

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Otago Witness, Issue 2660, 8 March 1905, Page 63

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LAND AND WATER. Otago Witness, Issue 2660, 8 March 1905, Page 63

LAND AND WATER. Otago Witness, Issue 2660, 8 March 1905, Page 63