SWIMMING.
CHAMPION’S FINE EFFORT. United Press Association—B* Electric Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, March 22. Miss Jean Cocks, the swimming champion, while contesting a race at The Coogee Aquarium, dislocated her right shoulder at a turning. Despite intense pain, she continued, and won the event. ENDURANCE RECORD. MRS NEHtTA'S FINE EFFORT. United Press Association—By llectrlo Telegraph—Copyright (Received March 22, u. 30 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 22. By completing seventy-two hours nine minutes, Mrs Katerina Nehua, the Maori swimmer, broke the world’s endurance swimming record. She entered the Balmoral Baths at 8.45 on Thursday night, and although the weather has been wintry, she finished in good oondUMn.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18833, 23 March 1931, Page 11
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102SWIMMING. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18833, 23 March 1931, Page 11
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