AQUATICS.
STAR BOATING CLUB. The following crews have been picked for the Senior Fours, to be rowed on the 27th 1 January. Course 1£ miles:— C. Maudesley (stroke), W. H. Rose (3), H. Anderson (2), C. Palmer (bow) ; H. J. Wiggins, C. W. Cox, J. Fairch'ild, D. Bumes; D. Monzics, F. Widdop, C. B. Trimnell, W. Home; V. Z. Meredith, E. L. Burnes, J. Widdop, J. Cuttis. The following "are the crews picked for the Junior Pairs, to be rowed on the 27th January, starting at 2.30 p.m. : — E. Colerridgo (stroke), H. G. Lewis (bow) ; J. Swift, W. Palerson ; C. Hawkes, H. W. Brown ; R. Gray, C. Haseldean ; D. M. D-uff, W. Weston; R. E,. Ecclesfield, E. L. Watkins; F. Gale, H. Hunter Brown ; H. W. Cooper, H. Oiswin ; J. D Scott, A. H. Johnston ; F. Innes, A. Warburton ; J. G. Stevens, B. Gallafher; F. Barclay, R. Evatt; A. Exley, '. Johnston; W. H. Denton, H. Johnston. PORT NICHOLSON YACHT CLUB. Very complete arrangements have been mado in connection with the Port Nicholson Yacht Club's, Regatta on Anniversary Day. The Union S.S. Company has placed tho Rotomahana at tho disposal of the club, and she will follow the races. Tho Boys' Institute Bund will play on board the steamer. The Port Nicholson Yacht Club has accepted with regret the resignation of Mr. F. Carrington, who is now living in New Plymouth, and has passed a resolution thanking hini for his services aa measurer of yachts.
It is calculated that at the Battle of Modder River the Boers fired 854 shots for every man they hit. The Daily Mail says:— "The average age of the British soldiers at the front is nearly two years higher than that of the British who fought at Waterloo.
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Evening Post, Volume LIX, Issue 10, 12 January 1900, Page 2
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