ROWING

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 61, 6 December 1926, Page 17

ROWING

STAR BOATING CLUB. The most successful series, of club race’ held bv the Star Boating Club this season were rowed off on Saturday, when the ladies’ fours were competed for, the fine weather and smooth water providing excellent conditions for sculling. Both in the quality of the sculling and the number of entries, the event was a success. Nine crew? took part, and in practically every heat there was a keen and exciting finish. The competing crews were: —Cooke (str.), Denneliy (3), Moffatt (2), Pryde (bow); Comerford, McLean, Lucas, Lovell; Whitaker, Samson, Walpole. Wood; Haines, Foden, Bolton. McGibbon; Gray, Crease, Moffatt. Pec-z; Brooker, Mullins, Vance, Butler; Diehl. Hinkley, Mitchell. Waugh; Rees. Thoma;, Bell. Russell; Shotlander, I.eask, Cudby, Haldane. In the first heat of the-first round Whitaker beat Cooke after a close finish, while tho second beat provided another close contest between Comerford and ITaines. the first-named getting home with a small margin to spare. Ihe third heat was won by Diehl, who defeated Brooker by about a length, while in the fourth Slmtlander beat Rees by a few inches. Whitaker was tho winner of the fifth beat from Gray. The semi-finals were won by Comerford’s crew and Diehl's crew from Whitaker and Shotlander respectively. Hie, final betuceii Diehl and Comerford provided an ’uteiesting tussle. Comerford had the advantage during the greater part ot the race, but in the lai ter stage s 1 lei. crew, rowing an excellent stroke, „tadunllv overtook their opponent s and, a Het un exciting finish, won by halt a boats length. _

A Canadian school teacher in Wanganui under the exchange system had an amusing experience when she was deSin’ the mineral resources of Canada to a class at the Queen s 'ch Idren an exchange). She to d the children that Canada possessed deposits of most minerals, but very little tin. The last remark drew forth from an inauiring youngster the question: Well, plea, e Miss, bow do they make tin Lizzies? An idea of how children may be con. fused in their perception of some of the elementary rules of grammar is furnished by misunderstandings that arise when youngsters see glaring errors on publi placards and ther * announcements (iemarks the "Wanganui Chronicle ). A good sample which may bo expected t confuse a lot of children s ideas about /the use of the apostrophe occurs at a suburban business house : ‘ Cheaper than city prices,” reads a sign outside the shop and the last word is spelt "price's/* with a wholly unnecessary apostrophe sandwiched in. King Alfred used to carry memorandum sheets on which be noted observations He took so much pleasure in this fact that he called these sheets his handbook, because always in his hand.