Pan-Pacific Swimming Championships.

Although Wellington is to stage the Centennial Exhibition, Auckland has been entrusted with the staging of some of the principal summer sports attractions. Outstanding among these will be the Pan-Pacific swimming championships, to which all countries bordering on the Pacific Ocean will be invited to send competitors. This should result in the greatest assemblage of swimmers ever seen in New Zealand, unless the Olympic Games, to be held in Finland, prevents representative teams from being sent. However, Olympic representation is confined to but a few of the swimming stars in Japan and America, to mention two of the nations to be invited, and from among those not gaining. Olympic selection a strong team could be chosen.