SWIMMING.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16985, 6 November 1920, Page 5

SWIMMING.

• « : CANTERBURY _ 7h= Canterbury Centre cf too lEefhivr sight, Mr W. E. Simes presiding. Mr AV. Johnson presented to the Cer.,re.a, photographic group c: Australian = .mui who visited the Dominion in IS»S.; asa aL-o a photographic group ot rocmber» o* Christchurch Amateur Swimming CuiQ »n 1590. llu was thanked for his gut?. Arisins out of the letter from tno Couxic.l of the S.Z.A.S.A. regarding the visit oi Australian swimmers to the Dominion, cided to urge the Council to endeavour to arrange for a tour of the Dominion o. > two American lady champion swimmer.-. It was decided to iavouraoly recommend the re-iv.statement as an amateur tfi .-lr u. E. Billson. formerly custodian oi the ->lusicifal Baths. , , , Mr 11. G. Smith -wrote statin*, tuat inougn he had 1 written c:i thS ttthiect. t™c Ri'-jiiiio.i' Club had fai'.cd to pay him prize money won la=t sca?on It was decided to hod ,over i-.e matter till tho club applied for «uii:uion. Tho United Club wrote asking for perrtii«sion to hold an inter-e'ub carnival on December 9th. f-r.-i iorwarded the programme and list of official?. . , Mr II S. Batchelor raised tho r? u "- the practice c: filing Thursday nights for carnivals deprived the ladies of t.ie _ tew nights that the bath is available for. .acnes. The chairman said that unless tnebath was better patronised on Thursday nights, he would support carnivals being held on that, night. . , Mr Batchelor stated that lio, was informed (hut the bath was well patronised on Tliursdav nights. . The chairman said that the point would be borne in mind. The United Club's programme was approved, with a slight nlterntfon, and permission to hold tho carnival was .given. It wa« decided that tho school boy*, and =rhoo! giris' should be dee-.ded during the second and third weeks in JanuS'tnndard time had™, kp" c!i»fr : biit<-'l as follows;— Todies' inOvds, JTisse? G. Shand n"d K. M»n's 100, 2-20, 440. and fWOyds and stroke, C. ,Atk>'nmen's '110 nnd,Sßoycls and olio mile, Ti. Hill. A cap was' presented to Miss K. Briated.