THE WHITE MAN'S DEATH.
The record of deaths by drowning in Xew Zealand during the last week or two ha*' been a melancholy ono. Of nil violent deaths, drowning is easily the most common in this Dominion. Wliv it should be so', is difficult to understand, unless it be that rivers and lakes abound, and that the intrepidity of the people is more marked than in other parts. Tn any case, the painful record of the past should impress educationalists with the importance of making swimming a eomnnl-soi-v subject in our school curriculum. Tt is -satisfactory to note that the Instructor in Physical Culture i? already taking steps to impart instruction in the art of 'swimming. From the noint of view of the preservation of life, ns well no the maintenance nf general health, his efforts in this direction will meet with public, approbation.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 10 January 1913, Page 4
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144THE WHITE MAN'S DEATH. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 10 January 1913, Page 4
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