LIFE-SAVING COMPETITION.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 March 1919, Page 5

LIFE-SAVING COMPETITION.

GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL WIN SENIOR CUP.

Tiie annual school championship Hf e . saving competitions conducted by the Jjort'i Taranaki Head Centre of the Koyal Life-Saving Society were commenced at the New Plymouth salt water baths last week. The senior cup presented by the society to be competed for by teams from the secondary schools of laraiiaki was won by a team from the i\ew Plymouth Girls' High School, their work being of a i ery high standard. The junior competition, in which primary school teams compete, is to be decided this week, and the final will take place on Inday afternoon. The officials regret that this year the finals could not be Held together on one evening as was done last }iai. The influenza epidemic y,mmPonble for greatly reducing the numWr of year teams «*

sionVw m "« ntc « d in <he senior divi-Mon-three from the Girls' High School and an caul number from the BW High bchool. i„ the preliminary tests winch were held on Aiday a ttJZn the teams gained points as follow The possible maximum bein- 2»0Girls' High School-No. i team 212 °TI iV V team ' NaTte£f TilV% ■ : 0; No -" team » 2 i4}. «... o °. toama which competed in the Anal on Saturday afternoon were, B$ Ao- 3 (B. Johns, D. Denny-Brown, and -.Harrison instructor); Girls' No o (Dinah Brown, Alma Lelsie, and Coanie Wt, Marjory Sladden, and CoS Girls' NoII, 213. * ! B ° y * N °" 3 > a *; In awarding points the possible of 22n « dwuM into 100 (50 for laad work and SO for Water-wnrlrl f„. . ™ ons MM Christiansen) gta ted that the i he compears was excellent.Thr^ which won the *^