PHYSICAL WELFARE
ANOTHER AREA OFFICER
'':.'": 'IWith the appointment of Miss Mary .Martin, of Auckland, as area officer for r- Otago under the Physical Welfare and ""/ ' Recreation Act, stated the Minister of
■?".' '."internal Affairs (the Hon. W. E. Parry) ■■■■'" today, such officers were now operating in the Auckland, "Wellington, Otago, and Southland "~ districts. Miss Martin, who com■"'"""."menced her duties today in Dunedin, TV^where she will be permanently located
was educated at Wellington Girls' CO--1„... lege, where she had a distinguished ,;,..,record in sport. After leaving college, Miss Martin . , gained Auckland provincial and New r.'-i-Zealand representative honours in She is an Auckland UniCollege and New Zealand Uni»,V,:V€rsity basketball blue. During the ■,■■■ Jast eighteen months she has. been . - teaching at a Native school at Puke- *"''-■ hina, and while there organised keep«'rTat.classes and basketball clubs in the Bay of Islands. Mr. Parry said that Miss Martin was a young woman of high qualifications for her .work, from which much suc""^'cess could be anticipated^
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 4, 4 July 1940, Page 13
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159PHYSICAL WELFARE Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 4, 4 July 1940, Page 13
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