LIFE-SAVING SOCIETY
CONFERENCE RECOMMENDATIONS. Press Association. WANGANUI, February 9. A meeting of delegates of the Royal Life-Saving Society was held on Saturday, when among the resolutions passed were recommendations to the Dominion executive to the effect that provision bo made iu the conditions of the Wigram Shield competitions for two judges of method, and that the offices of judges and timekeepers should be separate; that application bo made to the Government for an increased grant in order to extend the scope of the society’s work; that members be exempt from any levy towards an Olympic fund; that the cost of medals be borne by the competitive and not by the humane branch; that the Government should be urged to make swimming and life-saving compulsory subjects in the schools; that free railway passes should bo given to delegates attending conferences and to honorary instructors travelling for the purpose of instructing classes; and that a 100 yards backstroke championship race should be included in the programme at New Zealand championship meetings.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8350, 10 February 1913, Page 10
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169LIFE-SAVING SOCIETY New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8350, 10 February 1913, Page 10
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