SWIMMING
NINE MILES AUCKLAND HARBOUR RACE. AUCKLAND, March 26. One of the longest harbour races attempted in New Zealand was decided yt'stei-day when A. E. Baird and R. J. Webster swam from Princes Wharf launch steps to Miiicnd, Beach, a distance of approximately nine miles.
, {Starting at 9.35 Baird reached his destination at 12.55, ten minutes ahead of Webster. Baird was in the water for 3 hrs. 20min. The achievement of both. Baird and Webster in covering this long distance eclipses the other recent Auckland performances.
On February 13, J. D. Foster, aged 53, swam from Point Chevalier to Devonport, a distance of six miles, and on March 12 Rl. H. Stevenson, aged 50, swam from Pine Island, to the steps at the Ferry Wharf, a .distance oi seven miles. L. Waters, who recently endeavoured to swim from Whau Bridge to the Princes Wharf, also desired to swim, over the same course yesterday, but was unable to obtain a boat to accompany him.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20106, 27 March 1928, Page 4
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