WARD CHALLENGE SHIELD

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 150, 19 March 1924, Page 8

WARD CHALLENGE SHIELD

CIVIL SERVICE TOURNEY CONCLUDED A WIN FOR P. & T.. Two swimming events hold at Te Aro Baths last evening completed tho 1924 contest for the Civil Service Ward Challenge Shield. Tho shield goes to P. and T. with Bailway second. The places and points of the competing Dei>artinents are as follow: — SwimAthletic. ming. Total. P nna T ... 4/1 ‘><l CO

The swimming events last evening resulted as follow:— 50 ynfds handicap—First heat: V. Broughton (9sec.), 1; C. Fordham (3soc.), 2; T. King (6sec.), 3. Time, 34 4-ssec. There were ton starters. Inches separated the placed mon. Second heat: J. Cowdell (Gsec.), 1; .1. Hill (3sec.), 2; H. Little (ssec.), 3. .Timo. 32 3-ssec. Won by a touch. Final: Fordham (Native Department), 1; Broughton (P. and T.), 2; Ilill (P. and T), 3; Cowdoll (P. and T.), 4 Time, 29 2-ssec. Won by a foot. 109 yards handicap—L. R. Davies (Treasury), 22sec., 1; D. Patterson and Income), scr., 2; C. J. Barrett (Public Health), 10sec., 3; J. Burke (Railway Department), lOsec. 4. Davies won by 10 yards. Patterson swam a splendid race. Time, 72 l-ssec.

Motor traffic is more easily handled by the police than the old horse-drawn vehicles. It is only for the last 500 years or so that the English language has been used for letter-writing. Earlier than that French was the language of correspondence, and before tho reign of Edward I. all letters wore written in Latin.

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