Ranfurly Shield Being Shown In Schools In Christchurch

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27471, 4 October 1954, Page 14

Ranfurly Shield Being Shown In Schools In Christchurch

One o' the traditional tasks undertaken by the Royal Navy and its Commonwealth colleagues has been showing the flag in those parts of the world usually denied the opportunity British naval might. rhriS h i ng A im ! lar is going on in Christchurch at present, where thp srmrth y Sh j eld - that other emblem of him?®?. and P ur .P° se ' is being exchildren* 0 wondering > admiring school Just as the Navy cannot visit every ?hf £? S . not been Possible to take the shield to every school, but many youngsters have already paid their respeets to it. Soon their parents will “J ab “ ,t° .share in their devotions C^nSi e chambers be ‘ aken ‘° the City Some time ago, the Pioneer Sporls ciuo asked the council to provide accommodation in its building for na-

■■ tional sporting trophies won by Can- > terbury teaihs. The accommodation has i been provided—a glass case inside the f swing doors on the ground floor —but r so far nothing more ornate than a ■ second-hand hub cap from an i anonymous car has graced it. • The shield will stay in the council : chambers until winter lays its cold • fingers on Canterbury to remind its I people that the battle for supremacy is to be joined again. In the meanr time, it will be looked after carefully. ! and the Town Clerk (Mr H. S. Feast) r said yesterday that if’ it was necessary • he would s?e to the polishing of the 1 trophy himself. This is an excellent . example. It is no mere coincidence r that the legend beneath the city’s coat of arms reads, “Fide condita, fructu ; beata, spe fortis”—“Founded in ■ faith, rich in fulfilment thereof, strong ■ in the hope for the future.”