SWIMMING.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13378, 20 March 1909, Page 11

SWIMMING.

_Tn<r of th--: Council of A "£ lU, _e.l*.»d "swimming . Asf l6 • was aeld last mgnt, • oC,BtlOl rh e re were -.-resent Messrs * hea rr.rr_ (chairman;, A. Donaldson, G - M _i»*tt» *-*• Rit ' SO ' all<i W " JoUuson (hon- wrote regarding Mr 11. rZ, ___»!, stating tnat he was the *___ api* j _si d-- Swimmer «n«f hid appeared in the Christchurch Jp__ r ■«"i •* adl, '£ that if u the Cou f7 .. , _'a thorough enquiry they would cl * »« the unanimous opinion that tho co . n 'f .liffirultv had occurred owing to of an official The--1 ■ r also applied tor certain mforma?T„ relating to the matter. i__to postpone consideration of the and to ask Rich to request the B, ,_. «f "The Press" to hand ovt"r s^^" l ° f ,h ° lott ," r 1 »- Swifn- **■° ii to the Council ol tho Associa-

\t _ E Champion wrote requesting ■JSaiition'of his ren-orel of 26min 28 W e an p ;" f up 5 "^ n A,cka-nd PC -' f ° r tJff«»«P* of a joint rirolaratlon slK,,of by the timekeepers, surveyor, and Centre wrote, apply* {D g for the' Championship meeting for 19 The l9 iub-<*ommitteo appointed to con•7, the matter oi life saving reported ttt .a m«tin ß had been held, and it decided to recommend that Life- ?*'•! Committee, should be formed Zealand. and that rtint at 'he meeting should tho^it n te the local committee to take Z into' steps for the formation of c ihtr^autho P ris.l to carry out the details

RICHMOND SCHOOL SPORTS „____- -:—,„•-- Carnival of the The -rn-iai , '» l -» ;, hc)(J on Thuts . Bich-r.or.d *-»'■■■£. f** h £ \* - was _ very ln-f-o d-T attcrnoon. when Were ;h< _ «* lei eont--'c_. .r.d tic- qualii-r-tni- were *c i : credit °' '„;*'S ? i"s r 'n ct-r*. • D-rimj th. •S-rle-n ' t«m from the Ili-hmord Swiman exhibition SDj-d- h_dimenrptly by the officials. Messrs r-'esner __■•• a- judges, Mt-n-rs I_ Ba_Et. a_a a. B. Blank as starter ar.d check a.ftr.er "- «_ti-e!y. Mr Ocbcrr.e as result board •„w»rd, Mr Watson s« marksman ar.d -e-c- ---"-£ rtnd M«sr. J- W. McGreecr and X. BUert „ timekeepers At he conclusion Ihe Chairm-i presented the silver medals to the boy and girl champions cf the -school, for -shcim hecrty ch_n vrero (riven.. Th* followin- were the results: — Boys' Champion-hir. (lOOyd-v—N. Hs-rn-K_ 1. D- Adams 2 vrp-> unqualified. Five -tartcrs. Time. 9G -l-srh <-c--Girls' Ch-imnion-hip toOyd-il—Mildred Ostler 1. Ida Maves 2. Time. 54 2-sth sec. Bors' Hard-can (50yds)—McDonald (40sec> 1, Art weed (3a»cc) 2, W. Di-vortux (23rcc) 3. Time, 05 4-sth sec. Boys! Learn-x-»' Hcndictip (25yd3)—Smi-fn (10-ee) 1, Herbert (12;e=) 2. Time, 27 2-Sth tec. Girls' Handicap (25vds) —D. Large (7?ec) 1. Ma Muye« (5--o) 2, D. Ray-ell ■ <4sec) 3. Tim-e, 2Ssec. Oirla' Learners' Handicap (acrc-sa bath)— _!?io Bn-cantl (9?"cc> 1, Flo Matkicsc— (9sec) S Time. I3scc Beys' Spriritbcard 1. Dnsr"fran, Dcvcrcux anel Harrison all dived well, but wero casilv outclassed by th* wimver. Girl*' F-prinßbi-rd Divr—Td_ Mayes 1. Tub Race—Smith and Ida Mayes deadheat. In this event there were 40 oom-fcii-tor«. and the best boy end gir'i in tho «r_ilr.al met in the final heat.