TO SWIM THE CHANNEL.
WOMAN'S ATTEMPT FAILS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Sept. 2. " The Channel swimming season has revived. ' Mrs/ Hamilton made the latest attempt. She left St. Margaret's Bay wjth the sea calm and no wind. Mrs. Hamilton is well-known in society. She is a strict vegetarian, and frequently. swims five miles before dinner. She holds a medal for swimming fifteen miles.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Received Sept. 3, 7.15 p.m. London, Sept. 2. Mrs. Hamilton abandoned the attempt to swim the Channel within nine miles of the French coast. She said she was satisfied she had beaten the world's record for women swimmers, and was determined to make another attempt.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 September 1920, Page 5
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