LIFE-SAVING SOCIETY
WELLINGTON-'HEAD. CENTRE. ■ The Executive Committee of the- Wellington Head Ccntro Royal Live-saving Society met this week, Mr, G. S. Hill presiding. A proposal for the alteration of .tho. instructional drill for tho promotion of warmth by friction was discussed At length, and it was decided to arrange a practical exhibition of tho new proposal before coraiug to a decision. ,'..;. Tho Ladies' Life-saving Olnb forwarded a donation of £2o towards tlio funds of the centre, being tho net proceeds of the carnival held'in March last. Ono hundred and tefl award wer« granted. ■•■ .• ..•■■• The eighth annual.report and balancesheet was adopted for presentation at the annual genera! meeting. The rer port shows that 67 classes were presented during the year, yielding 387 awards as follow:—78 elementary, 153 proficiency, 4 teachers and 9 instructors' certificates, 105 bronze medallions, 3 awards of merit. The total number of awards granted by the centre to'date is 1687. As a result of information received, it was resolved to communicate with the Dominion Boy Scouts' Headquarters regarding tho lost imposed for the Scouts' rescuer's badge,- and suggesting thp adoption of a test hiore l'ii line with that of the sooioty's proficiency examination,
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 312, 21 September 1918, Page 2
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195LIFE-SAVING SOCIETY Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 312, 21 September 1918, Page 2
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