LIFE-SAVING SOCIETY.
PROPOSED REFORMS. (Per Press Association). Wanganui, Last Night. 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 be made in 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 be made to the Government for an increase in the 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 a compulsory subject in schools; that free railway passes should be given to delegates attending conferences, and hon. instructors travelling for the purpose of instruction classes; and that a 100 yards backstroke championship race should be included in the programme at the New Zealand championship meetings.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 224, 10 February 1913, Page 8
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172LIFE-SAVING SOCIETY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 224, 10 February 1913, Page 8
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