AN AMBITIOUS SWIMMER.
WILL ATTEMPT TIIB CHANNEL. (Dy Telegra-ph.—Frees Aesoclation.) Auckland, June i. It. Hoey, tho well-known New Zealand long-distance swimmer, who prcyioustj wont to England to try and swim- th< Channel, but who was prevented by tin bid weather, will leave by tho Maraina or Friday to make tho attempt this season Iloev has arranged with Jabrz Woolfe t< nuik'o the swim in company with him, and thev will endeavour to get across or August 21. Woolfe is to nave a try tint month, and if ho is successful no furthci attack 011 tho distanco will bo mow, but the pair will try and swim the \\ hirlnool at Niagara Rapids, where Captain Webli met his death.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1768, 5 June 1913, Page 4
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117AN AMBITIOUS SWIMMER. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1768, 5 June 1913, Page 4
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