GIRL-SWIMMER PRODIGY
CALCUTTA, OH. 29. Tmliii’s latest prodigy is a pig-tailed eight-year-old Bengali girl, named Anujiama. Sil, who computed in the swimming rare, across tins Holy llngli, an arm of Hie (hinges. Annpama. swam boldly across tho river, famous for its treacherous currents, and completed the course in 15 minutes. Sin' finished none the worse for the attempt. The winner was one of Bengal’s best long-distance swimmers, K. P. Bakshi, whose time was Omin. 2sec. The pigtailed child will receive a special prize.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17410, 7 November 1930, Page 8
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83GIRL-SWIMMER PRODIGY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17410, 7 November 1930, Page 8
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