N.Z. LIFE-SAVING COUNCIL MEETS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17834, 30 April 1926, Page 15

N.Z. LIFE-SAVING COUNCIL MEETS.

The New Zealand f’ounell of the Roynl Li*'- Hovtnf; .Society nut last, evonliuf, Mr P. H. Climle presldiiuT. An invltutton of an Interesting c-imr-nrttr was receiv«>d from the International ik'i'nress for Life Kfivtng u»id First Aid for the Injured. The eon g-refls Is to bo Vi* Id at Amsterdam this year, from September 7 t" September 11, Tim Invitation ivuh In the form of a leaflet sotting? out iti a eoiielse and attractive* mariner the history of tho society. A ausjftfested report to the conK-rcss. on life saving- In New S’Sealmnl, drawn up by the oeorotary, Mr P. O. l.lamford, wan read. The. report statorl that t,l« In New Zealand a good deal of ourf h:\thln« van tndultfe<l in, more drowning- accidents oeenred. and more TuNOueu M'er<> carried out h< sutf than lu Mttll mm.i or, To meet theflo rpev'.lul eondlt.lons, not provided for in the soeiety‘s lmndh«'olc. which wan the otTlclal ViumlhuQk for !v*h\ ruction In all iiUll water work, additional method** of rescue lmd to be rtovtsod. A letter was roeolved from the Victorian Head t'entro noli now lodging the intlvoutton that the New Zealand Hoad I'entres consider that It In not advisable tin* * a done ucuiooltttion should be formed by the AustraUnn ami New Zealand Life Having centres. The Fontro \m,m Mii-e that, the decision *>f Now Kea- ; land lu thin matter would in no way affect the very cordial rolntlona whteh hud up to now *»xl«tnri between centres tn the two countries. Tt*e chief .Secretary of the Life Huvhuv Hooh-ty, homlon, wrote In reply to a h.Her from Mr Bamford, from wliloh, he said, he noted that the conference was of the sumo opinio** ub was tho rvntrnl Executive about the 1 *omtnlon Cotmell, that tt ahoulri continue to function without Interfering with the liberties of the various brunches, us was proposed to bo done when "those extraordinary rules ' v. "*•«> dratted. The Wi'lt*'i- obnorvml thnt the chairman and one other tried very much to load the meeting. Tt seemed that the Invo persons very much desired t.» oreate trouble among the brunches. IVo had already pointed out the want of truth as to who.t th" fent’-ul Executive did do. J tnnllv. the writer vns 1 looking forward to receiving an oiTk-iul letter from Mr Bum ford, thtns further hrlpln.«- hint ti run to earth those who appeared to L running with the hare and limiting with the hounds. Deporting on tho progress of offnlry; Mi- Olimlft said that the only progress mutlo recently was tho*. Hawke’s Bay had oome in. Thnt was one more to the council tnlilo. Auckland and T.arannki hud to come in yet. It seemed to