Morning, Dearie

NZ Truth, Issue 1201, 6 December 1928, Page 17

Morning, Dearie

TF anything will bring old Pelorua 1 Jack back to life an 4 enetgy, it's the news that our Cook Straits at-e to be tackled by the girl swimmer, Mercedes Glei.tze., who ' has already swum the Channel so often that they've had to establish one-way traffic among the steamers. Mercedes is a pretty lass — and Jack was by no, means a poor fish, as was proved by his gallantry 1 m meeting and saluting the boats every morning. , No womanV-or mg.n either, to. ad fair to ourselves— has yet swum, thji Straits. One brave heart did Sake, a header into the enterprise, but the water was very wet, so at the qpd of about five miles tie was fished ouj again. The difficulty of Strtftts-swimr ming, m our wild waters, is AOt thp actual . distance, ; which frjun VQ%& to point Wuld be less ihan that of. {ho Channel, but the tidal riji. w.e give m, Mercedea has some blcej»'*ns more plifck.