SWIMMING RECORDS
FRENCHMEN AT HAMILTON.
MAORI GIRL SETS NEW TIMES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Hamilton, March 6. With the competition. of the French champions Jean Taris and Emile Pouseard adding zest to the programme, five South Auckland records were established .and two New Zealand figures were broken at a swimming carnival conducted by the South Auckland Centre last night.. Taris, repeating his Auckland form, broke G. Bridson’s 440 yards record in 5m 13 2-ss, reducing it to 5m 13s. W. Wharaetu (Rotorua) set a new national record, doing the 50*yards backstroke ■in 29 4-5 s from scratch in a handicap event. In remarkable performances a 12-year-old Maori girl, Nawi Kera set two new South Auckland -records over sprint distances, 33s for 50 yards and 44 l'-5s for 66 2-3 yards. ’ D. H. Symes (Canterbury), the New Zealand title-holder, was well beaten for • second place by Riko Simmon (Rotorua) in the 220 yards won by Taris. Poussard gave an amazing exhibition of diving.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 March 1935, Page 10
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