SWIMMING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16416, 3 May 1921, Page 8

SWIMMING.

NEW ZEALAND AMATEUR ASSOCIA- ! TION. The Council of the New Zealand Amateur ! Swimming Association met last evening, at J the Tepid Baths; present—Messrs W. S. D. I Bishop (chairman), C. Bryant (Wanganui), J. R. Buchanan (Nelson). W. H. Benson (Otago), F. G. Dunn (South Canterbury), F. "C. Fairtham (Westland). J. Twomev (Canterbury), A R. Jacobsen (Mauawatu), H. J M’D. Vincent (Hawke’s Bay) and B. O'Neill j (Wellington). The Hawaiian Association forwarded £\b j IQs 6d, amount advanced by the New Zealand Association in connection with the 1915 tour of Kahanamoku, Cunha and Evans. The Wellington Centre reported that, tho results of the school provincial championships were as follow: —Boys: A. J. Cleverley 1, R. Miles 2; girls, E. Hunt 1, J. Bennett Mr O’Neill, on behalf of the Tours Committee, said that the Ludy Lunger tour was not the financial success some people thought, but from the educational point of view it was a great success. Mr G. Hearn, secretary of the Federation j Internationale de Natation Amateur, je- j ported regarding' tho last Olympic Games, and wrote that the Americans were u. wonderful lot, and deserved all they won He congratulated New Zealand on Miss Waldron’s display, and stated that she should turn out a “ star,” us she had youth and plenty of pluck. In 3324 she should t« somewhere near when the prizes were given out. He detailed the steps taken to make the Olympic Council really representative cf athletics. The federation would hold its next meeting at Lausanne (Switzerland) on May 30, and it would bo of an important nature.