The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, January 5, 1911. ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 937, 5 January 1911, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, January 5, 1911. ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY.

Branchks of the Royal Life Saving Society have been formed in different parts of the Dominion. Its aims and objects are: (1) To promote technical education in life saving and resuscitation ct the apparently drowned. (2) To stimulate public opinion in favour of the general adoption of swimming and life saving as a branch of instruction in schools, colleges, etc. (3) To encourage floating, ' diving, plunging, and such other swimming arts as would he of assistance to a person endeavouring to save life. (4) To arrange and promote public lectures, demonstrations and competitions, and to form classes ot instruction, so as to bring about a widespread and thorough knowledge of the principles which underlie the art of natation. An old Foxtou boy, Mr L J. Furrie, has obtained the Society’s proficiency certificate, and is also the holder ol the Society’s bronze medallion. Mr Furrie, who is spending a holiday in Foxtou, is a member of the Wanganui branch of the Society. In conversation with us, Mr Furrie said Foxtou should organise a branch or class of the Society, and he will be pleased to render assistance to this end. We indorse Mr Furrie’s views in this particular, and feel sure a sufficient number will avail themselves of the opportunity to gain instruction in the art of rescuing and resusitatiug the drowning. Foxtou, like other watering places, has paid a heavy toll in human lives, and with an increasing population it naturally follows that we must expect a greater number of drowning fatalities. Many lives are lost because of a lack of knowledge in rescue and resusitatiug methods. We hope, therefore, that Mr Furrie’s humanitarian efforts will bear fruit, and that a class will be formed.