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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5352, 16 November 1928, Page 2

Miss Mercedes Gleitze. the London woman who has swum t'he English Channel, hopes to sail for New Zealand by the Corinthic >on December 7. She intends to try to swim across Cook Strait.

The well-known distance swimmer, Miss Lily Copplestone, of Ashburton, announces her Intention! of making an attempt to .swim Cook Strait during the forthcoming seas'on. A sta.rf will be made; from the top. qf Queen Charlotte Sound.

For sheer artistry in reproduction it would be difficult to surpass the current issue of the “N.Z. Sporting, and Dramatic Review.” The photographs are particularly attractive, featuring a coloured supplement of the beautiful screen star, Barbara Kent. The centre pages are devoted to pictures of interesting events overseas, including International Mors© and polo, Duchess of York launching Pacific liner, and tlie Prince of Wales in Egypt. Carnival Race Week is depicted in a full page of snaps, including tire New Zealand Derby, and also the New Ze;aland Trotting Club’s meeting at Addington. A ll artistic, page is devoted to the Gisborne Amateur Operatic Society’s production of “The Arcadians.” The frontispiece is occupied by pictures of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition. An animated sqries of pictures iqf the Whangarei Racing Club’s spring meeting is included, and there is a strong miscellaneous sectiqn.