New Swimming Pool
The Olympic swimming pool, which is considered to be the finest of its kind in New Zealand or Australia, and constructed by the Newmarket Borough Council, was officially opened on Saturday afternoon by the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Parry, who said the pool was the only one in New Zealand with water of a sufficient depth for high diving up to an Olympic standard. It is understood that the New Zealand amateur championships will be held in this pool next year.—Press Association, t
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Southland Times, Issue 24055, 20 February 1940, Page 2
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90New Swimming Pool Southland Times, Issue 24055, 20 February 1940, Page 2
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