Y.M.C.A.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1224, 5 September 1911, Page 11

Y.M.C.A.

A talk was given, on "Obedience, Discipiihß, and Loyalty" by Captain Frandi of the Y.M.C'.A. Company, the occasion being the. introduction of Captain l'randi and Lieutenants Nimmo and Nees, to boys in tho newly-formed corps. In Ins talk Captain i'randi pointed out the benefii-s which tho lads would receive through their drill. Ho asserted that the object of tho movement was not to (rain men to kill, but to protect life. In the event of war with any nation no men could be made to fight outside of the Dominion, but would simply bo required to stand by and defend our own shores. Lieutenants Nimmo and Noes also spoke. The company will commence ifa drill this week. About 80 were present. On Saturday the C.C.X.T. Club enter-; tnined several of the Senior Hoard of Management. The captain of the club (11 r. Richardson) in welcoming tho board stated that, since last November, about 80 memberships had expired. Home thirty of these could not renew either through, being too old, or through leaving tho district. Twenty-eight renewals and eighty-five- new memberships ahd been registered. The total ■attendance at the weekly meetings had been over 1700, and the (oral attendances at tho boys' rooms had reached almost SOOO. Messrs. Hoby and M'Leod replied. Mr. 0. C Morison, an English aviator, has accomplished a. very remarkable fc.it in Hying in his monoplane, from Paris t'i ■a'h'oreliam in live hours. The distance covered was 2f)il miles, so that the journey was accomplished at the high rate of ">0 :iules an hour. Mr. Morison lci'l Paris shortly before mid-day, and averaged a mile a minute, to Calais. There were no tugs or torpedo-boa Is out to render assist; , noe if necessary, but Mr. Morison paid no attention to that. He creased tin) Channel in t'hirty minutes at an altitude all tho way of nearly 2000 feet. The aviator descended at Eastbourne to take in petrol at a little before four. He finally reached Shoreham just before five o'clock, htiviug done the journey from Paris in flvo hours and with ouly two itODS.