LIFE-SAVING.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17742, 19 April 1923, Page 11

LIFE-SAVING.

I i MEETING OF HEAD CENTRE. The Canterbury head centre of the Iloyal Life-saving Society met last night. Mr Basse'tfc presiding. i Dealing with the Monica Thacker •Shield, which was won by tho Techni- ; cal School, it was found that one of J the competitors was over the ago limit. ! Airs Thuckor liad refused to consent to j any alterations in tho conditions. Mr {Atkinson moved. Mr P. ,G. Bamford i seconding, that in view of Dr Hanson's ! letter and of the fact that Mr Wyn I Irwin was not lodging any protest, the 'result be allowed to stand. Alter conjsidera'blo discussion, the motion was I carried. The City Council wrote assenting to the centre having the use of tho baths for one hour weekly for instructional classes, and agreed to admit adult instructors free. It was to be understood that the society was not to have tii© right to exclude tho public. It was resolved to make a further application to tho Council to permit the us© of the baths for an hour during the mixed bathing hours, so that both sexes would be able to mako use of tho classes. Messrs Petersons. Ltd., bavin." - donated a. cup. it was resolved to allocate it to a competition to be held on the i lines of the excellence trophy for seciondarv schools (boys or girls). The following awards were granted : • Elementary—Girls' High School. 3; i Richmond School, 4. j Proficiency—West Chrisfcchurch Dis-„ jtrict High .School. 1: Boys' Hi oh School il; Girls' High ( School. s;.Technical. 7. Teachers— Ka'ngi-ruru, I. ! Bronze Medallions—Girls' High j School, 4. - Medals' were presented to Messrs C I mid V Atkinson (North Beach Surf .Club). '• ' B t - . ■ Mr B'imford gay« notice of motion that, the age of the Sir John Hall Shield and the Monica Thacker Shield lbs. eighteen, and the competition bo ialso open to swimming clubs.