SURF LIFE-SAVING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 278, 24 November 1938, Page 12

SURF LIFE-SAVING.

PROGRESS OF MOVEMENT. STREET APPEAL TO-MORROW. More than 200 rescues and resuscitations were made by member* of the various Auckland surf life-saving clubs during the 1937 season. The public will ■be given an opportunity of showing its appreciation of this great humanitarian work, carried out by young men and women who daily risk their lives to save others with no thought of reward, when the annual street appeal for the work is conducted in the city to-morrow. The several clubs provide their own pear, reels, lines, surf-skis and boats, while they are also responsible for the erection and maintenance of the clubhouses. For funds for this work the members are reliant *.o a large extent on the generosity of their well-wishers and so the man-»n-the-street is asked to be open-handed with his donations to-morrow to "help others to help him " There are now 20 surf cltihs affiliated with the Auckland Association, and every week-end during the summer months members patrol the beaches give instruction m sw:mmlng and lifesaving. and assist bathers who get into difficulties. During the 1937 season 1532 life-saving awards were granted throughout the Auckland district, and it is expected that this number will be "Teatlv exceeded in 1938. Of these awards 278 went to students at the Teachers' Training College, who thus became holders of the Bamford Shield for the institution or club traininor the greatest number of awards in thi? Dominion. The Auckland centre won the Wigram Shield for the centre gaining t*ie :iiehest number of awards, while the William Henry Memorial Shield, competed for annually by many branches of the Empire-wide Society, also came to this city. These figures give concrete evidence of Auckland's progress in the life-saving world, and show that the movement is thoroughly deserving of support.