ROYAL LIFE-SAVING SOCIETY

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20988, 17 October 1933, Page 15

ROYAL LIFE-SAVING SOCIETY

.MEE'ILV,' OK GEXEHM. COMMITTEE The iirit meeting of the genera] commit ice of the Canterbury head centre of the Royal Life-Saving Society since the annual.meeting was held Jast evening, Mr J. JJreward presicima m the absence of th L - chairman, J-Wr Jvi. K. J.yons. ' Uonauons' were received from Sir Heirry V|.gra m es fts; Mrs" Cracro Wilson i.j, bj,. j.. j lt . al(J)] Khocl £] \% ai .V i lhe warbour Board' sr,,nun i ; lhe sec reiary was in.suticteu to send tetters of thank" A circular letter was received'from he New Council, proposing a teiations n, the rules of (he Wigram Shield competition. It was left to the executive to deal with. Dr. p. E Hansen, principal of the Chnstcnurch Technical College, wrote expressing the board's warm appreciation of ,the work being done in Chrislchurch by the society s instruc-

The follow-in" officers, who«e election under the new constitution is in the hands of the general committee were appointed:—Vice-chairman, Mr J. Broward; executive, Misses Q F Booth. B. Buxton. Messrs R. J. Fyfe' S. G. Gay]or, and S. C. Anderson- trustees, Messrs T. Newburgh and G E Billson; delegate to the central executive, Mr F. A. Hornibrook; delegate to the New Zealand Council, Mr S. K. Bassett; delegate to the Canterbury centre of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association. Mr R. J. Fyfe; district representatives, Miss V. Smith 'Ashburton), Mr W. H. Cartwright 'Leeston.i. Mr E. A. Owles (Westport). Miss A. Holdgate (Timaru); honorary chief instructor and examiner, Mr J. Broward: honorary medical examiners, Drs. F. V. Bevun-Brown, F. J. Borric. J. P. Whctler. J. E. K. Brown, and W. H. Simpson; honorary examiners, the same as last year, with the addition of Miss M. Brewurd; honorary assistant-treasurer and secretary, .Miss 1. V. Agassi*. The following awards were made in the centre's school essay competition: Secondary department—Nancy Sill (Rangi-ruru) 1, W. Sheffield (Christchurch Technical College) 2. Primary department—Joan Stephens fSomerfield) 1, Betty Gasson (St. Mark's School) 2.