SWIMMING SPORTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8003, 14 December 1905, Page 3

SWIMMING SPORTS.

The following; 'handicaps have been declared for tno »Swi muring Sports t be held at the Municipal Baths this n'ternoon':— 50 Yards Handicap. H. Gibbon scr. A. C. Seabrfght scr, A. V. Stohr 1 sec. ■Hardgreaves 1 sec. P. IkiTTiett 2 soc. C. Brown 3 sec. A. Tl. Standi* 3 see. I'reshaw 4 sec. S.ockir 5 s ec. It. H(.;-:-c 8 tec. 75 Yards Handicap. Jf. (,'il. ;>on scr. A. C. Scabrfght scr. Hardgreaves 1 .sec. S. lkn iett ... , 2 sec. A. V. Stohr 2 sec. C. Brown , 1 sec. A. H. Staudish soc. THxon t •"> sec. Stacker 8 sec. Home 10 sec. Mr I.ints has deckled to hold over the adjustment of starts in thebojs' and novice events. There rrc record for the diving events, which promise to ba an interesting future of the afternoon's sports. }The programme in-/ eludes several novelty events, which are quite row to New Plymouth, and are capabh- of producing no end of fun. Humorous l rncirtonta are most : proline at gatherings of this sort. The committee has made very lfull arrangements for the conduct of ths sports, and wo hope v heir efforts will be rewarded by se«i g a very large attendance of the public. Although ttrd population of New York is fewer by a good million than : that of Ix)ndon, the numher of ; deaths last year in the two cities was practically the same.. THE SYMPTOMS OV ItHF.IMATIS.M. The symptoms of rheumatism usually leave no douJ]tas to what is tho matter with the sufferer. Sharp pains are felt m the knee,, wrist, elhow, ankle, or other joints, whicK are usually hot,! red, and swallen. 'Pile pain often shifts from one joint ■ to another—one day It might he the hand, the next, perhaps, the feot la seized with the lance-like painswhile the part first affected might be much easier. So matter how ! severe the symptoms of rheumatism,

Fifteen fcsJndMaites sat for Junior National and Board Scholarships} at the Cci-tral Schorl on Tin; day and Wednesday, umler ;(Chief Jnspcctol Spencer. For th- Ju.Mcr Civil Service, which iprlud i lust -and second year pupil teachers' examinations and Beard's Senior Scholarships, there were 48 candidates.

According to on old Hindoo legend the Creator .of human life, after completing hoi, found his wateriils exhausted, i nd no .solid elements left. After prcfor >d n, hj« took the rotn -dit;- 0 t the mo( .1, and the curves cf ci!"pers, ( and ihe clinging of tendrils, and the trembling of grass, and the fclemU'nvs; of ;thu reed, and the bloom of flowers, and the ligbtr.ets of leaves, and the glances of deer, and | the gaiety, ol sunbeams, and the weeping of clouds, the timidity of the bare, and the r.nd the fickleness cf the winds, and vanity of the peacock, and the softness of the parrot's breast, and tho hardness of adamant, and the sweetness of honey, and the cruelty of tho tiger, and the wanni Iftlow "of lire, nnd ithe coldness of the snow, an& the chattering of tho jays, and the cooing of tho cuckoo, and the hypocrisy of the crane, and the fidelity of the drake, and compounding all those together, ho made woman and gavo her to man.