CONQUEST OF THE CHANNEL.
BURGESS OUTLINES AN AMBITIOUS PLAN.
[UNITED PRESS) ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT, j
(Received Sept, 11, 9.50 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 11
Burgess has refused offers from several music halls to give an exhibition of Channel swimming, including one of £SOO per week. ‘He is willing to attempt to swim to France, rest there and then swim back to England—all within 50 hours —if ho is offered £IO,OOO.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3320, 12 September 1911, Page 5
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68CONQUEST OF THE CHANNEL. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3320, 12 September 1911, Page 5
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