ROYAL LIFE-SAVING SOCIETY

Evening Star, Issue 24294, 8 September 1942, Page 6

ROYAL LIFE-SAVING SOCIETY

The report of the Otago branch i of the Royal Life Saving Society, which;was presented at the meeting last night, stated that under the handicap of losingmany willing workers who are in the fighting services or in training, the society', has managed to carry on satisfactorily with instruction classes, and in the instruction of classes in artificial respiration operations have been both extensive and successful. Practically all the emergency services have been handled, as well as some.civilian classes, and as the work is still going on apace, there is room for still more instructors. ’especially for women’s classes. The following office-bearers were elected Patron, the mayor (Mr A. H. Allen); president, Mr H. H. Henderson; vice-presidents—Messrs E. H. James, J. Pereira, J. L. Mclndoe, D. C. Bannatyne, W. A. Jenkins, H. D. Gillies, K. Evans, A. Kingsland, George Peat, W. Wood, H. L. Longbottom, A. P. A. Matbieson, E. C. Isaacs, C. Durand, B. Siraonsen, N. D. Anderson, B. Blackraore; hon. treasurer, Mr H. H. Henderson; hon. secretary, Mr A. P. A. Mathieson; General Committee — Miss W. Dunn, Bro. G. Nagle, Messrs S. Brown, R. B. Geddes, R. Park, D„ Pickard; delegates to other bodies—;to,.N,Z. council. Mr F. J. Glackiu ; to Otago Centre N.Z.A.S.A.. Messrs K. Evans and Di C. Bannatyne; to Otago Council of Sport, Messrs D. C. Bannatyne and A. P. A. Ma thieson; to New Zealand Surf Association, Messrs D. C. Bannatyne and A. P. A. Mathieson; district- representatives—Middlemarch, Mr A. Pacey; Owaka, Mr George Chapman-Cohen; Invercargill, Mr A. J. Kingsland; Balclutha, Mr K. Evans; Milton, Mr IT. Walker; Alexandra, Mr A. Armour; Lawrence, Mr Stevens; Cromwell, Mr George M. McGregor; Oamaru, Mr B. Blackmore;

lion, medical officers—Drs Clarke Hanan, Stuart Moore, 0. S. Murray, W. £. Carswell, D. G. McMillan', E. F. Allen, and N. H. North; hon. solicitor, Mr I. L. Turnbull; hon. auditor, Mr N. Sutherland; hop. examiners—Misses E. Fleming, I. Purdie, G. Eix, G. Harris, W. Dunn, Messrs H. H. Henderson, A. P. A. Mathieson, C. Durand, W. H. Dyson, D. C. Bannatyne, W. Wood, A. J. Kingsland, B. Simonson, K. Evans, George Chapman-Coheii,. J. E. Salisbury, D. Davies, H. G. Smith, G. Mitchell. D. Pickard, H. D. Gillies, H. E. de Crewe.

TAIERt RIVER TRUST Mr H. W. Wilson presided at the monthly, meeting of the Taieri Eiver Trust held at Mosgiel yesterday. The Minister of Public Works advised that he had approved of an additional subsidy of £2OO (£1 for £1) for the work of deepening Lee Creek Channel, this making a total subsidy of £SOO for the work mentioned. —Eeceived. It was decided to insert an 18in flood gate at Mr Matheson’s at Otoliia.