AUSTRALIAN SWIMMERS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 88, 9 December 1912, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN SWIMMERS.

(Per Press Association.) Wellington, December 8. .With a fine sua overhead, Saturday seemed to the general public to partake of the nature of a summer day, hut a touch of a boisterous northerly made the harbour waters a bit choppy at Te Aro baths. However, tire outer unrest did not affect the water, and a large crowd attended the swimming carnival, to see the crack Australians at work for a couple of hours. The popular taste for enjoyment was well catered for, though perhaps the most delightful item was one that did not figure on the programme. The Mission Band provided the music, being Accommodated on a special stand, on to which some spectators crowded. Presently the extra weight proved too much, the stand collapsed, and with it went the hand, instruments, and spectators into the water. The following are the results :

50yds handicap.—Cookson, 4sec, 1; Murrell, 6sec, 2; Francis, Bsec, 8. Time 27soe. Solomons, from scratch, pas only two yards off the winner, ids time being given as 27sec. lOOyids handicap.—Brice, ssec, 1; Crowther, 13sec, 2; Solomons, scr, 8. Won by inches, Solomons coming fast. 200yds teams race.—Manly Club (L. Solomons, H. Hay, S. Riddington and A. M. Tartakover), 1 ; Wellington Club (Crowther, Murrell, MeCarlio and O’Neill), 2; Worser, Bay Club (Carmichiel. Wilton, Silver and Blick), 8. Six other teams competed. Won by a yard, the same (distance separating second and third. Time, Imin 55 8-5 see. Riddington, the Australian, won the high dive.