Thousands Swimming to Cologne
Germans Go By Water to Great A. th letic Meet . GREAT GATHERING (United P A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (United Service) BERLIN, Monday. j Twenty tlio n s\ sexes have ferent parts • : n y long elle to Cologi re letic and gymnastic meeting will be held. One contingent also left Basle, in Switzerland, on Saturday, carrying a f committee of the Swiss National Gym- j nastic Fete f t Lucerne. A doctor ! in a motor-launch in accompanying j th© swimmers. The distance from Basle to Cologne by river is 250 miles. Twelve thous- | and clubs with a total membership of 2,000,000, including representatives from Germany’ L compete in th© gymnastic meeting at Cologne. Already 130 special trains conveyed numerous visitors to the city, hundreds of whom have had to sleep in the open air owing to the lack of accommodation.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 414, 24 July 1928, Page 9
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142Thousands Swimming to Cologne Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 414, 24 July 1928, Page 9
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