A LONG SWIM.
MOTUBOA TO EAST END. An interesting event held in conneo* tion with the East End picnic on New Year's Day wag an attempt by three men to swim from the Breakwater to the East End beach, one of the party succeeding in accomplishing the performance. The swimmers were X, 6. Christensen, X. Winter and D. Davis, and they dived off the breakwater a few minutes after nine o'clock. After the men had been in the watet for fifty minutes Winter gave up, having covered about a mile. The next man to stop was Chrlstensen, who swam ashore opposite the baths. Davis, however, kept at his task, and swam on strongly, in spite of a tricky current, which was against him most of the time. Afte,r passing in front of the town the strain commenced to tell on Davis, but he swam on steadily and reached his goal, coming ashore at the East End beach after having been in the water for two hours and forty-nine minutes. This is the first time this has teen done, and Davis is to be congratulated on a splendid performance.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 January 1916, Page 4
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188A LONG SWIM. Taranaki Daily News, 3 January 1916, Page 4
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