SWIMMING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 272, 21 December 1914, Page 3

SWIMMING.

II ■ DOMINION CHAMPIONSHIPS. The programme for. the New Zealand T Swimining Championships Meeting, to bje held at Napier in February, has been' approved by t;he New Zealand Swimming •Council, with the exception of. the lifesaving championship. In connection with tnis event, the question has arisen of whether the council should provide the medals in connection with the Wigram Shield, :and pending a determination of the matter, approval of the life-saving championship as an event at the big gala has been deferred. The full programme is as follows:

First day (February IS)- —66 2-3 yds handicap; 100 yd New Zealand ladies' championship; high dive; 66 2-3 yd handicap for boys under 15 years; 200 metres, New Zealand breast stroke championship; novelty event; diving for boys under 15 years; one mile championship; 100 yd dual relay race (two men, one lady); lifesaving championship; water polo championship (rounds). -■' Second day (February IS): —100 yd in-ier-club championship; 66 2-3 yd, ladies' inter-elub handicap; 100 yd New Zealand -championship; - diving championship; 100 yd breast stroke inter-club handicap; movelty event; schoolboys' championship (66 2-hyd) ; 880 y- New Zealand championship; 100 yd relay race'(three men); life-saving championship; water polo championship (rounds). Third day (February 17).—33 l-3yd inter-club dash; 100 yd ladies' inter-club handicap; 400 yd flying squadrons championship (for teams of four men) ; 66 2-3 yd boys' handicap (under 16) ; novelty -event; inter-club diving; 200 metres intei'•club breast stroke handicap; 440 yd New Zealand championship; 100 yd relay race (for teams of three men); life-saving championship; water polo championship (rounds). Fourth day (February lk). —100 yd ■ladies' bracelet handicap; 33 l-3yd ladies' handicap; 66 2-3 yd scratch race; ribbon dive; 33 l-3yd boys' race (under 14) ; novelty event; 220 yd New Zealand championship; 100 yd scratch breast stroke race; 100 yd relay race (for teams of three men); life-saving championship; water polo championship (final); officials' ■66 2-3 yd race.

BRIDGING A BREACH. The dispute—now one of fairly long standing—between the New Zealand .Swimming Council and the New Zealand Exeetuive of the Royal .Life-Saying So-: ciety, bids 'fair now to .be ibrjouglit to a "termination mutually to the parties concerned. The action;: o£ the Government in providing that the Humane grant should be diverted from the New Zealand Council to the Life-Saving Executive has, in effect, terminated the cause for any further controversy on that basis, but there still remains a desire to clear up many of the matters not disposed of by the automatic effect "of an" arbitrary diversion which party can vary. Several letters that apparently made up in belligerent character, what they undoubtedly lacked in tact, passed between the two bodies. The council is described as having held up to the bull a red rag tthich the bull rushed, and the reciprocated animosity, which was quickly made manifest, opened to a width, almost beyond bridging, a breach which more-con-sidered initial action might have prevented. Whatever the merits of the dispute where, or wherever the balance of fault rests, the dispute was in every respect regrettable, and should certainly never have been permitted to arise between two bodies whose relations should, without difficulty, be maintained on a perfectly harmonious standing. The New Zealand Council has now set up a committee to confer with the Life-Saving Executive, to endeavour to finally clear the matter up.

OTHER MATTERS. "We are booming," says Mr G. S. Hill, chairman of the Wellington head centre of the Royal Life-Saving Society, in a letter to the writer. '' 1 sign certificates, two and three times a week. I signed about 20 to-day for school certificates, elementary, etc. That's the place for recruits. By the end of this month we expect to have about (500 working for awards. I was invited to St. Patrick's College last week, and presented several certificates. Wellington College boys are also working. We are a real live institution." The .Linwood Swimming Club held a 50yd race on Friday evening. The following was the result: —First heat: K. Spencer and K. Butters (dead heat) 1. C. Johnson and H. R. Matthews also started. Second heat: C. Orchard I, D. Coulter 2. H. J. Bowlker, T. Keighley, and L. Coulter also started. Final: C. Orchard 1, K. Butters 2. E. Spencer, D. Coulter, and 0. Johuson also started, llv C. Atkinson acted as starter. CRAWL