SWIMMING.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 October 1920, Page 5

SWIMMING.

N.Z. ASSOCIATION. QUESTION OJf TOUR BY AMERICANS. By Telofraph.—Presa Also elation. Christ church, Oat. ,2. At a meeting of tire New Zealand Swimming Association, cables were read from th» Australian Association asking If a ' New Zuu land tour could be arranged for K«h»naW)lM, Kealoha and Lancer, the Americana. The secretary reported that he bad received ample guarantees to cover the expenses, but had notified the Australian Association that the proposal to > visit New Zealand In Ityrdii , wns not acceptable, and suggesting tliat oils ishnd should be visited in December and the other In March. No reply tad ye: been received. A sub-ctommlttee ms& apop'mted, with power to act, to deal with further communications from the Australian Association, It was decided that the minimum period lor the tour of the Dominion must be one month, In connection with an application from Auckland for recognition of Miss Wj trend's 100 yards record at Wellington, it was dedied that, as the rules provided that record claims must be made within three months, and as the Wellington Centre had n*it for? warded a claim, the appllcatoln could not be entertained, being out of order. It was also decided to ask the Wellington Centre to hold an inquiry and ascertain who was responsible : for the omission, and also to furnish the Auckland centre with an explanation The Jlanawatu Centre reported that the Wellington Centre hitd not yet settled with M.mawatu regarding payment of tbe balance of a fund in connection with Miss Wtldron'S tour In the Nortt' Island. It was decided that Wellington should be given seven dan in which to carry out the Council's previous Instructions.