TEACHING TEN THOUSAND
TWO news items, almost in juxtaposition, made interestingreading' the other day. One stated that 46 lives had been lost by drowning in and around the New Zealand coast during the past year. The other recorded the start of Melbourne’s annual “Learn to Swim” week, duripg which 1,000 instructors, most of them club swimmers, set out with the object of teaching 10.000 people to swim by the end of the week. Championship successes are the natural outcome of a sound club standard, and the keenness and enthusiasm with which the clubs bring on the youngsters in the schools. For some years past, splendid work was done in the City West schools by the Ponsonby Swimming Club, with Mr. D. B. Anderson as coach. it is a matter for regret that this pioneering effort has come to an end owing to lack of funds. From the national aspect, there is urgent need of .efficient swimming instruction in all primary schools, and being a national question, it is long since time the Government of the country awoke to its responsibilities. But the Melbourne effort mentioned here provides an interesting illustration of what can be done by vigorous community effort to boom the sport and teach more people to swim.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 571, 25 January 1929, Page 7
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209TEACHING TEN THOUSAND Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 571, 25 January 1929, Page 7
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