SYDNEY HARBOUR SWIM.
MISS COPPLESTONE’S PLANS. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received March 6, 1.5 a.m.) SYDNEY, March 5. The sharkproof net in which Miss Lily Copplestone and Miss Rolfe will attempt the seven mile swim across Sydney harbour on Sunday was tested in the Parramatta river. Miss Copplestone said it was quite satisfactor. Her ambition is now to swim the English Channel. She leaves Australia in a few weeks with that object in view, after which she hopes to take part in the Catalina Marathon race in America.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18819, 6 March 1931, Page 9
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89SYDNEY HARBOUR SWIM. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18819, 6 March 1931, Page 9
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