SWIMMING SPORTS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 23, 28 January 1911, Page 8

SWIMMING SPORTS.

« "' The- Swifts Club is holding its annual carnival this afternoon. "The 500 yds Flying Squadron Inter-clubs' Teams Championship, for the Walker and Hall Cup, lesulted in Thorndon winning easily, in smin 33sec ; Swifts came second ; Wellington third. Brice, of the Thorndon Club, equalled the New Zealand record, doing the 100 yds in 64sec : The conference of delegates empowered to fix the day of the statutory weekly. . half-holiday for the Hutt Valley will - meet in a day or so. The Mayor (Mr. J. W. M'Ewan), who will act as the Petone delegate, is committed, by a resolution of his council, passed at last meeting, to vote in favour of retaining the present day. Councillor H. Baldwin (Lower Hutt's delegate), whoso vote on ~ the matter is not pledged either way, is understood to be inclined towards a change to Saturday afternoon. Mr. Alex. WebsteT, town clerk s-t Petone, will act as chairman. He is, however, not entitled to vote on the question. Should the conference fail, through dis* agreement, to fix the day, the Minister -• of Internal Affairs has power to decide the question. The amount of accident pay (includiiig fatal accidents) disbursed by the Waihi Miners' Union during the year (says the Waihi Daily Telegraph) is somewhat of an eye-opener when compared with the transactions of other miners' unions in this connection. During the last financial year the Waihi Union paid no lees a sum than £992 13.} 4d (practically a thousand pounds) under this headine;. The Inangahua Miners' Union, with a membership of about 100 less than Ihe local union, paid fo3- tha half-year the comparatively ' small amount of £285. The Inangahua Union work*, on the daj wages system, and disc-oui..^-/. '^^ contract and co-oper&t-r.e lhe head official.; of t1.3 vV. ill. [,n.y!i allege that the contract sTsrv- if- sf- '"iWe^or a loiifl;-t-ion of :js ''wi to more firq'.-enb accvjer.ti, s-:"I held that _ the above figures Hupporc this contention.