A SWIMMER'S AMBITION.
TO CROSS THE CHANNEL. \\ (Per Press Association.) .( AUCKLAND, this day. ' ' H. Hoey, the well-known New Zea- 1 ' 0/- land long-distance swimmer, who pre- j viously went to England to try tho Channel swim, but who was prevented by bad Aveataer, leaves by the Alarama i on Friday to make the attempt this 1 season. Hoey has arranged with Jabez ] Woolfe to make the swim in company, < and they Avill endeavor to get across on s August 24th. Woolfe is . to have a try J this month, and if he is successful no *■ further attack on the distance will be ' mado, but the pair will try to swim the whirlpool at Niagara rapids, whero , Capt, Webb met his death. <i ===== • Il
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13093, 5 June 1913, Page 3
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123A SWIMMER'S AMBITION. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13093, 5 June 1913, Page 3
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