ROYAL LIFE-SAVING SOCIETY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2560, 7 September 1915, Page 7

ROYAL LIFE-SAVING SOCIETY

ANNUAL REPORT CONSIDERED. Mr. G. S. Hill presided at a meeting of the executive of the Wellington Head Centre, of the Royal Life-Saving Society last evening. Mr. W. C. Collier, secretary, read the draft annual report, which will be presented at the annual meeting to be held on September 27. Incidentally it stated that-' tlie financial position' of the society was not too souiid, and also that the centre's ; activities and continued growth necessitated considerable expenditure, leaving practically «po credit balance after payment of liabilities, v During this year 83 elementary and 51 proficiency certificates.', had been granted. A conspicuoiuß ' inorease_. in awards may be looked .for during tlie years to come. The report .could not be considered oompleto Without l reference to the wholesale enlistments that have so thinned the ranks .of the society. In Wellington one or two clubs have disappeared altogether, and with practically all the others _ there aro so few members left that it has been decided merely .to carry on till the conditions return to normal again. On the motion of Mr. N. Perry it was decided that the society offer its services, to the Governinent for- the purpose' of instructing' the troops at Trentham" and other places _ ill the . Schaefer method of resuscitation. : It was announced' that 300 awards had been gained by school children in swimming and, life-saving in Wellington Inst year. In special report to the Dominion Executive Council for the ;year ending July 31, 1 it'was stated that the activity of the Wellington Centre, during; the year, had been confined almost wholly to work among the schools, hoy scouts, colleges, and the more, remote parts of the Wellington Provincial District. Mr. T. Shields moved: "That this executive meet the. executive of< the local Competitive Centre in conferenco to formulate a scheme for a deputation to wait upon the Government regarding swimming and life-saving lessons in.public schools."