AQUATICS.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13103, 30 April 1908, Page 4

AQUATICS.

CANTERBURY ROWING CLUB. The .inmial smoking concert, and presentation of prizes in connection with tho Canterbury Rowing Club was held at the boatehed on Tuesday evening, and was numerously attended. Tho president, Mr F. I. Cowliahaw, was in the chair. The President proposed tho toaet of tho "C.R.C.." and in doing i-o congratulated tho club on tho amount of diiocess. achieved during tho past year, and mentioned spociuliy tho winners oi tho Youths' Fours. (Applauso.) Apart from the winners of tho Youths' Fours, the club had soino very promising men, amongst them being Fitch md Burn. Referring to tho fact that tho club, the oldest in Australia, would celebrate its jubilee in two years, tho President express**! tho hope ,£hat the members would make evory "endeavour to subscribe- to the rebuilding fund. itl ,r N. tL. Macbeth seconded the toast, and epoku of' the «arly history of the club, and said that though tho earliest rwoid ho hnd boon able to find was dated 1801, their late president, I thi> lato Mr It. J. <S. liannan, had told him that tho club started prior to 1861. ! Mr Avers, the club captain, in roI spondinu;, «aid tlie sonior crow hwt season had been handienpped by having to row in an old boat; h« was glad to say that this was to bo remedied, as it had boon decided to obtain tho best boat obtainable for the coming season. (Applattso.) Hβ al<*o Btafcxl that it had. been decided to obtain £50 or £60 worth of oars, which would bo olwsen Ijv their old friend and custodian, Mr llrns, who wae going on a visit to England. Mr J. R. Morrison proposed " ThePresident and X ice-Presidents,' , and expreset'd the hopo that Mr Cowlishaw would preside over tho club for aw lengthy a period as that of their first president, Mr Harman. Messrs Cowlishaw, J. R. Evaus, and Macbeth reeponded. j The President then presented the , priaea. I ''Winners and Jyosere , ' wdb ;bv Mr Macbeth, and responded to by { Messrs U. W. JJobbs, L. A. Douguli, ! and Thornton. I "tSistor Clulis" wns proposed by Mr jK. R. Giithrie, and responded U> by j Messrs F. D. Kesteven (Union Club), i llainn (Star. Wellington), Hutton I (Ot-ogo), and Mackpy (Waiigamii). i During the evening sougx wore givon !by Messrs 11. 8. Hobbs, Stevens, \\rbb. J and Millar; glees rtero eimf by Messrs j Millar, Cooksonj Vincent, and Hobbs; and recitations were given by Messrs Brittan and Walter. The vocalists' accompaniments were played by Mr l{. J. Hobb*.