WON BY MEN
DIET COMPETITION
WELLINGTON MAN'S SUCCESS
(By Telegraph.) (Special to the "Evening Post.") DUNEDIN, This Day. The "gentler sex" who entered for the Otago University's home science department's diet competition were astounded to find they had lost the first two prizes to two men.
The competition, which was to all appearances within the domain of housewives only, was conducted with the aim of ascertaining the nature and weight of food consumed by the average New Zealand family in one week. As balancers of the home budget, women, it would appear, should have dominated the competition, by their knowledge and numbers. They certainly outnumbered the male entrants, but the best returns were made by an engineer in Wellington and a constable in a country district in Canterbury.
A total of 140 entries was received, and_ seven women divided third prize, which was augmented by the Department.
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Evening Post, Issue 149, 20 December 1935, Page 22
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