ATHLETICS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20088, 18 November 1930, Page 7

ATHLETICS.

0 NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL. JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS. .paesa association mioaiu.) WELLINGTON. Novamber 17. Proposals for an annual junior track and lield championship meeting, to be held by the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, were embodied in notices of motion presented at this evening's annual meeting of til© Council. The proposals are to be considered by a sub-committee consisting of the president (Mr W- the doputy-chairxnan (.Mr 11. Amus), and Mr V. Hugo, who will present a icport at tlio next meeting. They will be considered, too, by a. . conference of centres next' year. A preliminary notion o£ motion, "That two junior championship, events (oho Held and one track) be included in tiie programme of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association chauipiouship meeting at Dunedin in February, 1931, ' was introduced by XI r Hugo and seconded by Mr Amos. In bringing the motions forward, Mr Hugo said that trcm attending the annual Secondary school meetings he had become convinced that amateur athletics lost at least 80 per cept; of th© talent which -was available through letting it drift away after tlie- boys had left- .school. It was' time th© Association did something to eri•couiage young, athletes.: . ' *

Mr Amo3 said- in England and elsewhere it had been proved that such junior championships were the best means of finding out athletic ability. ''"We,' however, don't want the youngsters to think that the winning of blues and athletic honours is th© main thing in life," said Mr Amos. HANDICAPS FOR TO-NIGHT'S MEETING. . Mr Leadhetter has dfccla-red the following: handicaps for the amateur athletic meeting to be conducted by the Canterbury Amat<=>ur Athletic Club at Lancaster Park this evening, when the first event will start at 5.45 sharp:— 75yds Handicap—First heat: R. Cordery J iyds, C. V. Atveo 3*vds, J. A. Gasson ■HJyds, J. R. Nelson 6yds, W. J. C. Smith 7yds, C. D. Burn 7JydH, C. S. Barrell —. Second heat: G. Hart 2yds, K. Edmonds »iyd«, R. A. Jorjrensen E. R. Simpson syds, W. Sills 6iyds,° O. S. Harrison 7yds, A. Cooner 7&yds. Third heat: J. P. •Bamford 21yds, J. B. MacFartane 3 J yds, T G. Kennedy 5 Jvds, R. A.' Weston 6vds. Eade 65yds, G. H. -Mills 7yds, K. 0. McVinnie ——. Barrell and McVinnic will be hnndieopped on the ground. 440 yds A Grade Handicap—A. Bullivant Syds, R. Corderv 3vds, L. G. Willis 10yds, J A. Gasson 18vds W. Sills lSvdn, H. N. Gasson 20yds, it. H. Gibbons 20yds., H. H'aworth 20yds. \V. J. C. Smith 25yds, H. McCaskoy 25 yds, it. A. Weston 25yds, E. J. Stuck 25yds. 440ydfi B Grade Handicap—F. O. Barwell 27yds, R. A.-Marriott 27yds, R. Andrews 27yds, H. G. Holmes 27yds. R. A. Fulton -.27 yds, R. ftvder 28vds, L. Dohfrty 30yds _ T. Wilhelm *3oyds, ' -L. C. Pulford. 30yds, A." H. Gandv 30yds, C. £). Burn JJ2yds, 0, Davenport- 35yds, C. R. Boyd 40yds, C. S ; Barrell —, A. Mather —Barrel! ana Mather win be handicapped oa the ground.

100 yds Women's .Handicap—Miss M. McKenzie siyds, Miss A. Bamford 7yds, Miss B Lindop 7yds, Miss L. Alexander 7*yds, Miss K. Way 7jyds, Miss G. Williams Byds. Miss D. Jones 9yds, Miys V. Hawtin 9yds:, Jliss O. Way lliyda. High Jump Handicap—-.T. J. Devonport, li. \V. Clnridge, C. .Sanderson, E. R. Simpson, and E. Williams will bo handicapped on the ground. Cathedrals as w© know them, with a Dean installed. are not common in the colonies, Bishop West-Watson told a meeting of the Cathedral Guild last night. Some of them, he said, tooK on the characteristics of parish churches. The precentor and not the Dean was the chief authority. The Dannevirke Borough Council offices were visited between Saturday and Sunday nights, an entry beinrj effected by orising open the window, and four tills were ransacked. The total haul consisted of 15s in money. 5s in stumps, and a cheque nearly two years' old. The strong room, containing a considerable sum, was not attacked. —Press Association. Advice was received in Timaru yesterday afternoon that Sir John Hanhani. aide-de-camp to tlie Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, accompanied by Guide Alack, arrived at the- Hermitage on Saturday, having come from the West Coast, via Graham's Saddle. The party made a record trip from Alma Hut to the Ball Hut, covering the distance- in Shrs. Sir John intends to return to' the West Coast via tlia Cppland Pass.

As a result, it is stated, of the tunnelling operations in connexion with the Taw a Flat railway deviation, a number of settlers near Johnsonville have been deprived of their water supply and placed in a very serious position. The springs which have supplied them with their water for many years have suddenly dried up. The land affected is near Paparangi on the hills to the north-east and east of Johnsonville, between Newlands, and the railway viaduct. It is occupied in the main by dairy and pig farms which have always been supplied with water from permanent springs in the locality. As a result of the drying up of the springs, water is now running out of the tunnel at both ends.—Pbess Service. During recent street excavations in Boston, old pipes were dug up which were part of the "ancient conduit" laid in 1652, and said to be the first water service installed in the United States.