TEACHING OF SWIMMING.
SHOtJLD BE COMPULSORY
WORK OF THE PAHIATUA CLUB. (BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.' PAHIATUA, Feb. 17. In vLw of the appalling number of deaths from drowning m the Dominion, the Pahiatua Swimming Club decided to send a deputation to wait on the Prime Minister, urging that either, swimming be made compulsory in all schools, or that the Government should subsidise clubs employing instructors, and thus doing the Government’s work. In the sixteen years cf its existence, the Pahiatua. Club had taught, without any assistance from the Government, 700 children to swim, till now the olub could boast that in proportion to its population, Pahiatua had more juvenile swimmers than anv other town. The paltry sum of £2OO voted to the new Zealand Swimming Association was abundant evidence that the legislators had not realised the great importance of teaching children, to .swim. For these reasons the olub had decided to make strong trepresentations. to the Government to render further assistance in this direction.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 18 February 1927, Page 8
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164TEACHING OF SWIMMING. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 18 February 1927, Page 8
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