LIFE-SAVING.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18187, 25 September 1924, Page 6

LIFE-SAVING.

. SUMNER CLUB. The thirteenth • annual meeting. - of.' the Sunmor ; 'Life-Saving Club •was held on Tuesday, Mr 'T. Newburgh ■ presiding over an 'attendance of ' fifty ■ members. : The chairman expressed pleasure at the large attendance, and ■ while • congratulating members on the Bound position of the'club, reminded them that they had to .work hard to, enable the season to ba opened with the pavilion ire* cf debt. The annual report showed the membership to bo 275. Over 50 awards had. been gained by members' during th» season. The club had- been very, .successful in-competi-tions, having won two trophies.,The-thanks of' the club ate due 'to the' Borough .Council, Beach Improvement .Association, and the Ladies' Committee' for very vajuablo assistance, rendered. The financial statement showed a. balance of. cash in hand at bank of i'lS.6 Os Od. Assets were .valued at i'i3!>2 It's. 9d, and the liabilities wcro nil. ' ■ In- moving th's adoption of tho- report. jMr-W. .11. fwchdlsoii congratulated members on the '.healthy 'position o! -the club. He considered .that members' verb fortunate in' haying very . capablecrnViak. . In vieiv of the growing popularity of the local beach, he urg-ed rncnitcrs to become proficient in hie-aa-ving- work. 'The motion .was seconded .by-the l\ev. ,TT. MeAra. and earned unanimously. ; ]"'ivc new-members were clecled. .. Officers -'for'the ensuin; 'vnu were elected as. 'follows':'—Patron, Mr 0, Humphreys; president, the Mayor (Mr W. £[. Kicbolson) ;• vme-presjd.-nts, twenty wer<" elected; chairman, Mr T. Xewbiirgh; vice-chairman, Mr J. C. MacdonaJd; honorary solicitor, Mr 1;'. V>'. -Johnston; honorary surgeon, Dr. I''. Slater; 'honorary treasurer, Mr i(. Barber; honorary serj-'etary, Mr V. J. Glackin; hon-o*.-ajy auditor, Mr E..8. CaygilJ ; captain, Mr A.'C. Allen; vice-captain, Mr It. ' Wilkinson; delegates to Surf Association,- Messrs Bassstt, Allen and Booth; "d -legates to ctntr;.- Messre Xewburgh and Maedonald ; delegates jo..Sports Association, Messrs Allen and Olackin; delegate l-o Brach Improvement Association, Mr.L. Y. Re-mault; com-, m'ittee, AEessra Pi Dick, L. V. "Eegaault. C. Booth, W. V. Sarplius, -T. Browne, C. Taylor. P. G. Barnford, and D. Eiotiardeon. The suxf medallions von during last season were presenter] by the The chairman announced 'that two handsome trophies had b.-en promijed for competition among members, and thanked the doDora very heartily for their generous support. ' • Voios o: thanks were acc'nrded the ladv aupportcis, .instructors', r:tirin;r officers, ami the Press. collins cur. A very pleasant little function ws« held ot the main rchcol. • Xew Brighton, ori Tuesday afternoon, the occasion being the presentation of the Collins Cup, won by the do;s of lh-3 school for the honest aggregate oi points in the various life-caving examinations hold 'during the year. Thero-were prceoi:* besides the. senior scholars and the senior asiistanls cf th> stall, Dr. '1 hacker, Mr and -Mrs F. M. Collins, Mr T. ttaii, and the headmaster, Mr C-. W. Bishop: Dr. -ThaCker,- in addressing the pupils, stressed ihe necessity for Jito-saving work ii'i placs l:ke J« iSrighton, and congratulated tiu headmaster and scb.oLa.yj;. on their success. Mr Collins', the donor of the,cup., then epoke -tirpreesLCg his appreciation oi the faCi. that. IV.r.v" Brighton* school had wem the cup, and especially ■ as the liftsaving I'ito: was a, very old friend of his. Cheers -vere then called, for the. tutor,-Mr l-'.'J. Laurence Scott, who brief!? responded calling "on the younger p'upib to'"rally rount to assist in holding in: cup now they had won it. Mrs Collies = .th:n' presented the cup to Master Barnet, a boy of twelve, who, although he only learnt to ewim'last winter. has already earned hi 3 elementary life-saving certificate, and .on Friday last swam contiguously for 61 length* of tho Tepid Baths, a. distance of- one mile two hundred and aevcnty-tluce yards. Ii consideration of this magnificent,. performance, Dr. Thacker presented tho soy with, a half ejvereign. Bzxaei: mado -a .-very : .neat flpeed in- thanking Dr. Thacker. and .the other speakers for their remarks on "behalf of tho swimmers. .■ Mr T. Hall spoke on behalf of the Koyal Life-Saving Society, arid urg«d the boys, to carry on the-work. Cheers for Dr. Thacker, Mr a~i-Mrs Collins, and-Mr Bishop, and the-sinrlns of *'God Savs the King- -concluded ..tie function.