SWIMMER TRAINS FOR COOK STRAIT VENTURE
TIRI TO MILFORD. Australian'su r'fehs scared. AUCKLAND, January 16. Ronald Webster, of Takapuna, is in active training for a swim from, Tiri Tiii Island to Milford Beach. He proposes to make the attempt'' next month. If Webster succeeds in the effort, it will bo his intention to try ta swim Cook Strait. He failed] last February, owing to cold water and cross 1 currents. An Ashburton girl, Lily CopplestoiiOj i s to attempt to swim the Strait,' and a London typiste, Mercedes Gleitee, has announced her intention of making an attempt. Webster's big swim will probably be a s soon as possible after the effort from' Tiri. Recently, he astonished surfers in Sydney by swimming well o ut beyond the breaker line. Yesterday morning, he was with seven members of the Takapuna, Surf and Life-Saving Club, who swam two miles from the club-house to Milford Beach.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 19, 17 January 1929, Page 7
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