LONG-DISTANCE SWIMMING.
<J> —— ATTEMPT to lower record, (Per Press Association.) HAMILTON, To-day. An attempt to break the world’s fresh water swimming record by covering the distance between Cambridge and Taupiri, on. the Waikato River, a distance of approximately 34 miles, without leaving the water, was begun at 7 a.m. to-day by C. V. Dayus, Government veterinary surgeon at Hamilton, and a notable long-distance swimmer. At 11.39. a.m. he passed Hamilton, swimming easily and showing no signs of after 17 miles of the journey had been made.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXII, Issue 20, 18 February 1927, Page 8
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86LONG-DISTANCE SWIMMING. Waipukurau Press, Volume XXII, Issue 20, 18 February 1927, Page 8
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