SWIMMING AT HAWERA

Taranaki Daily News, 26 February 1931, Page 8

SWIMMING AT HAWERA

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' SPOIRTS five records go by board, excellent standard attained. Five records were broken yesterday when the girls of the Hawera Technical High School held Hieir annual swimming sports at the Hawera baths. There was a very good attendance of parents, old pupils and friends and the weather was mild at the beginning, with a rather fresh breeze later.

The swimming, throughout was of an exceptionally high standard and it is doubtful, on the form shown by most of the girls yesterday, if any other town in Taranaki has so many promising young swimmers. The championship races were done in better times than previously, the records for the 25 yards) and 50 yards being broken in each division. The fifth record of the day was that of J. Murray in the senior plunge when, after a beautiful entry, she maintained perfect balance to reach the 45 feet mark.

The junior championship went to E. Kelsen, who finished with 8 points, P. Murray being a very close second a point away. In the senior division J. Murray won every event to gain 12 points, the runner-up being J. Thomas with 5 points. The handicap events were well contested, the manner in which three and four swimmers would fight out a race over the lust few yards Reflecting credit on the handicappers. The lengthy programme was conducted with precision. The judges were Misses Britland, Smythe, Stenhouse, Duff and Earl and Mr. Whitehead (swimming), Mrs. Higgs and Mr. Polson (diving). Details are:—

HANDICAP EVENTS. Junior. 25 yards breast-stroke. —First heat: M. Rudge (2sec) 1, G. Bernard (2see) 2. Second heat: E. Kelsen (scr) 1, O. McAnerin (3sec) 2. Final: M. Rudge 1, E. Kelsen 2, G. Bernard 3. 25 yards back-stroke. —E. Kelsen 1, D. Gilmore 2, J. Lennon 3. Long plunge. —D. Gilmore (scr), 33ft 7V2in, 1; J- Lennon (12ft), 28ft 7in, 2. 25 yards.—First heat: B. Brant (4sec) 1, G. Bernard (3sec) 2. Second heat: E. Kelsen (scr) 1, J. Lennon (3sec) 2. Third heat: P. Brett (4sec) 1, M. Rudge (3sec) 2. Final: E. Kelsen 1, G. Bernard 2, P. Brett 3. • Diving.—P. Murray (scr) 1, E. Kelsen (3 points) 2, D. Gilmore (2 points) 3. Senior. 25 yards breaststroke.—R. George (scr) 1, P. Robertson (scr) 2. 25 yards back-stroke.—R. Nicholas 1, R. George 2. Long plunge. —P. Robertson (scr), 38ft BJin,. 1; R. George (scr), 34ft s Jin, 2;’’ R. Nicholas (scr), 32ft 3%in, 3. 25 yards.—E. Evans (2sec) 1, M. Wright' (scr) 2, D. Brown (Isec) 3. Diving.—J. Murray (scr) 1, M. Wright (2 points) 2, R. George'(4 points) 3. . CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS. Junior. 25 yards.—E. Kelsen I, P. Murray 2, D. Gilmore 3. Time, 161-ssec, a record. 50 yards.—E. Kelsen 1, J.. Murray 2. Time, 37 4-ssec, a record. Long plunge. —P. Nowell, 35ft lin, 1; D. Gilmore, 33ft 3%in,' 2; F. Wills, 25ft 9in, 3. Diving.—P. Murray .1, E. Kelsen 2, D. Gilmore 3. /’ Senior. 25 yards. —J. Murray 1, M. Wright 2, J. Thomas 3. Time, 15 l-ssec, a record. 50 yards.—J. Murray 1, J. Thomas 2. Time, 37 2-ssec, a record. Long plunge.—J. Murray, 42ft 6in, 1; P. Robertson, 38ft 7-Jin, 2; J. Thomas, 37ft 9Jin, 3. In a second plunge, J. Murray did 45ft, breaking the school record by more than 18 inches. Diving—J. Murray 1, J. Thomas 2, M. Wright 3. . MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS. . Egg and . spoon race.—First heat: J. Lennon 1, G. Bernard 2. Second heat: M. Wright 1, E. Evans 2. Third heat: B. Brant 1, D. Brown 2. Final: M. E. Wright 1, E.' Evans 2, D. Brown 3. Balloon ■ race.—First heat: J. Lennon I, M. Rudge 2. • Second heat: J. Goodwin 1, P. Nowell 2, B. Brant 3. Final:, J. Goodwin 1, P. Nowell. 2. Beginners’ race.—B. Barkla 1, M. Bell 2 • Corfu dive—P. Murray 1.

Previous winners of the two championships have 'been:—Senior: 1921, E. Jarvie; 1922, J. Powdrell; 1923, P. Brant; 1 1924, W. Brant; 1925, not held; 1926, G. Nash; 1927, T. Clement; 1928, M. Jackson; 1929, M. Jackson; 1930, M. Jackson and J. Murray. Junior: 1921, E. Lynskey; 1922, P. Brant; 1923, W. Beamish; 1924, not recorded.; 1925,-not held; 1926, Z. Spragg; 19'27, J. Cromp-ton;-1928,-B. Powdrell; 1929, R. George; 1930, J. Thomas.

BAY OF PLENTY DAIRYING. TEN YEARS’ SOUND ADVANCE. TARANAKI MAN IMPRESSED. The striking progress of dairying in the Bay of Plenty district was impressed upon a South Taranaki dairyman who recently visited Whakatane. The secretary of the Rangitaiki Plaine Dairy Company provided him with information that should be of interest to other Taranaki farmers.

The .Rangitaiki Plains consist of a Government-drained swamp comprising thousands and thousands of acres. The Tauranga-Whakatane road passes through this, country and, every mile or so, crosses over a huge river-like drain with high earth embankments on either side. These drains have been formed by gangs of men and all kinds of scoop machinery. However, it has only been within the last live dr six years that this great drainage scheme has been sufficiently advanced for the settlers to derive any noticeable benefit. Even yet much of the land has not been brought 1 -to production at all and very few, if any, of the farms are producing to their full capacity. In the spring of 1919 the Rangitaiki Plains Dairy Company, Ltd. _ began makincr butter and, since then, its outputs fave' been as follow: 1919-20, 61 tons; 1920-21, 131 tons; 1921-22, 352 tons; 1922-23, 573 tons; 1923-24, 706 tons; 1924-25, 942 tons; 1925-26, 1029 tens; 1926-27, 1390 tons; 1927-28, 1618 tons; 1925-|h 1955 tons; 1929-30, 2334 tons. , . . A census of the cows being milked for the factory was taken in January, 1929 and it was found that the number was 15,320. At the en.. of the season it was ascertained that the average production per cow worked out at 236| lb. butter-fat. In this connection it was remarked that, of a total of 209 suppliers, 58 were Maoris. The contention that the farms are not yet producing to their full capacity borne out by the fact that, in January, 1930, the number of cows had risen to 18,041, the average per cow for the season being 23911 b. of butter-fat.