Shannon

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 277, 23 November 1939, Page 5

Shannon

From Our Own Correspondent. j The preliminary judging of the local r entries in the Horowhenua calf and lamb J rearing competition will take place at the * school this (Thursday) morning, between l 10 a.m. and 10.30 a.m. There arc eight . entries in the senior section of the calf j.*. competition and three junior entries, <t these latter being confined to children t under Standard 3. No notebooks or charts t are required for the junior section. The j» competition is for the rearing of heifer h calves of any dairy breed born between r July 15 and August 31, both days inc.\i- l .sive. A competition for the best dairy |' type calves is also being conducted in : t conjunction with the other, ribbons being j -i issued to those entries placed first, second 1 and third respectively. The best calf in c each case will be brought forward for the t final judging of the dairy type class. The t lamb rearing competition is divided into i two sections, one for sliort-woolled lambs » and the other for long-woolled, and is 1 open to children too young to compete in t the calf rearing competition—those in i Primer 1 to Standard 2. A trophy is also t being given for the best kept book and i chart. Mr. G. W. Munford will again i judge the lambs this year and Mr. B. f Roberts the calves. Swimming Club Formed A Held with the object of forming a , swimming club in Shannon, in view of the t immediate putting into use of the new i baths in the school grounds, the pubfic l meeting on Monday nignt last attracted i rather a larger attendance than was i anticipated. The meeting was presided j over by the chairman of the school com- s mittee, Mr. 11. B. Murrow, who said that i his committee was anxious that the baths t should be made available to the public, t permission for such use having been i granted by the Wellington Education i Board with the stipulation that the baths i be used only under proper supervision. The position is that the school committee . must adopt one of two courses. Either a ( caretaker would have to be engaged for ] the season, entailing an expenditure which ; the committee was not in the position to : meet and necessitating too high a charge J to the public, or tho proposal was to rent tho baths to a properly constituted swim- j ming club, the latter having the right to : charge non-members, say 3d for adults i and Id for children. The suggested rental was £l2 per year. Anticipating a mem- « bership of at least 40 at a fee of say as : per year the club, said Mr. Murrow, would net £lO from this source, leaving the extra £2 -to be made up from nonmembers’ charges. Tlje school committee did not want to make a profit from the baths, but it was proposed at a later date to instal floodlights, the cost of which was rather heavy, thus permitting the use of £he baths at night. Seating accominoda-

tion, also, was required. In reply to a question, the chairman stated that the baths were five yards short of the standard (25 yards), being 60 feet long and 25 feet wide. At the shallow end the depth was 3ft. for a length of 10ft„ 3ft. Gin. for a further -10 ft.. increasing to the maximum depth of Gfl. Gin. over tlie remaining 10ft. The baths had been specially constructed to allow a further extension to the length, at the deep end, of 15ft. f Around the sides of the bath a concrete istrip 7ft. wide had been put down, dished 'to the centre so that water draining from tlio bodies of the bathers was carried away and did not re-enter the baths. Two | commodious dressing sheds had been built, fitted with showers and lavatories. The baths would be available to the >./»- 'lie from 4 p.m. to S p.m. on Tuesdays, I Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, all day on Saturdays, and on Sundays up to 4 p.m. It was proposed to empty the baths once a week for cleaning. It was estimated that to empty, clean and re fill the baths would occupy 26 hours; thus they would be out of use on one day (Monday) each week. The valve would be opened at 4 p.m. each Sunday, and the baths would be available again at 8 a.m. each Tuesday. During school hours it is proposed to take the children by classes to the baths for swimming lessons, and it was anticipated that 220 would be undergoing instruction immediately. After school hours, however, the children would pay for admittance .and would be under the control of the officials of the club. It was necessary for some responsible person and one who could swim to be on the premises all the time the baths were in use. Air. Murrow suggested that the first step was to form a provisional committee. It was his opinion that it would not be long before many others would join up. On a motion by Mr. D. Gyde, seconded by Mr. V. E. Tippler, it was resolved to form a club to be known as tho Shannon Swimming Club. A provisional- committee was then elected as follows, with Mr. Alurrow as chairman and representative of the school commit tee: Messrs. D. Gyde, V. E. Tippler, ABell, W. Forbes, D. Richards, L. Small ,T. R. Bibby, A. Joy, and Airs Gyde. Air. Gyde was elected secretary and was empowered to open a Post Office account. Alessrs. Gyde and V. E. Tippler were appointed trustees. The membership fee I was fixed provisionally at ss. Green and I gold were adopted as club colours, and Jt j was decided to issue concession tickets 'for non-members for use of the baths on six occasions at a charge of Is. These tickets will be good for a fortnight. Ordinary charges to non-members will be 3s for adults and Id for school children, who will include secondary school pupils. The official opening of the baths, said Air. Alurrow, would be held later in the year. In tho meantime the baths were being made available at the earliest possible moment. A further meeting of Hie club will be held on Monday next at 7.30 p.m.. f when an invitation to be present is cxtended to all interested.