LIFE-SAVING

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18408, 15 June 1925, Page 7

LIFE-SAVING

I : " DOMINION .COUNCIL, The Dominion Couneil of the Hoyalliifegaying Society met' on. Saturday night. Present —Messrs B. O'Neill (chairman) (Wellington), F. L. Collins (Aucklaad), K. Bas-' j sett (Canterbury), J. Jackson' (Hawke's [Bay), and P,. G. Bamford. 1 Tfee Hawke's B.ay Centre wrote stating that a committee had discussed the proposed Head Centre rules and decided that rjniny (jf Canterbury's oojeotioßs were ivprthy of , oonslderahoh. rWes wora accepted, | with the following exoeptiona:—Bule p;' V-, Q, and.R. Section P Vas objected to I as it would make the Head 'oo P°w--1 erfuj. The Centre would' not know local [ gonditibns,' and Its decisions might ..not ..be in the best interests of, the branch; oonoerpiad, Section Q also gave tjie Head Centre fMtQO much power. ... Section R-was objected to as ''there might just as woll' - not be a Head Centre if it was going to give part of the Whole of its work to,a branch." Rulb 32, ..Sections. A, B; and F, also gave: the Bead Centre too innoh power. The letter was' received. . . ; Mr E. S. Eyftns, of lleitjqurne'i wrote gtatJng that. he,_ would be pleased to represent New Zealand at any life-saving conference. Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.F., aUonded the meeting, and sajd he would do ht&.'beis'li to bohvinco the Government of the tih'.e of the work done by the Society. T)ie meeting accorded' him a vote of thanks,. '•• Mr w. Henry, ehiet n of . the. Society (Loudon), wrote stating, that' $9 minutes of the" conference held in Ghrtstchurch on February satlt.and 27th.. and tha proposed constitution''and rules of the..New Zealand Head Centre, had been conside*eu by the Central Executive. It was notM by the executive that the details of the ferenco had not yet been' accepted by the other centres forming the present eohstitu-' ' tion of the Society in New Zealand, 'and it was folt. that each Centre now claiming independent action should communicate its views on the subject of tbe ifesolutions of the conference. It had been remarked as extraordinary that although the awards of the New Zealand Centres constituted'a very smaii minority of the total "awards gained each year, yet for years'" paßteonferences oa 'rules-and regulations,, which ha<l probably had tbe effect;of driving people away from 'the subject of life ; savlng, had been held. The ordinary people, who were out for humanitarian work, would not be bothered with so many rules; regulations, and confer--1 onocs; all they wanted to know, was how I to render first ajd to a person in danger ■ of drowning. Tho letter was received.