SWIMMING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 42, 18 February 1905, Page 12

SWIMMING.

The Northern Swimming Club held their first club night of the season on Wednesday last. Tbo Auckland Club held a club night last Friday. Nest YVednesday 'the Northern Club will hold a gala in the Albert-street, baths, at which I anticipate there will be a good attendance, this being the first of anything in the nature of a big meeting since the season opened. A capital programme has been arranged. The Northern Club is emerging from the difficulties which beset it at the commencement of the season, and members am now lookir.g forward to a successful season, late as tliey have been in starting- With a view- to increasing the membership the subscription fee has been reduced by one-half.. The "Argus" stales (hat in all probability B. Koran, of New South Wale.?, who is practically the vrorlcTs long-dis-tance swimmer, will visit England as representative of Now South Wales to compete in the English championships, which are to take place in 1000-7. Cecil Healy, also of New South Wales, who is recognised as tha world's champion short-distance swimmer, is likely to accoinpairy hisr-

Another Australasian Chamirinn.,.Meeting has passed, and ' says the "Referee/ his K*J 3?> ; Wale* proved herself 'far an d ahead of the rest of the Southern (<**' tinent in swimming, having, sceurfcS ' this championships cScepfc onfrM breast-stroke championship, which "it, 8 won by Matson, of Westralia *? same paper remarks that there is son, thing of a Reran about this lad am* taking a line from his ■; displays «ii ' through the carnival We will ere km* hear of Matson being in line with th» best swimmers Australia owns. ' With a view to encouraging 'long.^ tance swimming tho executive of th. New South Wales Swimming Associa tion are recommending to the Council that a,one mile open handicap be held anil any competitor completing the dis tance under r>o minutes be presentei with an honour certificate. R. Cavill gave an exhibition of Hi« swimming prowess in the Albert-street Baths on Monday night in the presence of the Australian and local cricketers ■ arid their friends. . '".'..