HOME GUARD
ATHLETES SHOULD HELP
BUT WHAT OF SATURDAY AFTERNOONS?
The duty of athletes to help the formation of the Home Guard in every possible way was stressed by Mr. A. C. Kitto, retiring president of the Wellington Centre of the N.Z.A.A.A., at the annual meeting of the centre last night, but he expressed the view that tog much encroachment on the organised sports of Saturday afternoon would not be for the best. "I do think it would be a mistake," said Mr. Kitto, "if men are to be called upon for Home Guard duty every Saturday afternoon, because I think that sports bodies are fulfilling a national purpose by keeping men fit. If the powers that be could see their way clear perhaps to work in a few Saturdays in the season, I think they would get better results and more help generally. As it is a voluntary force you don't get the young chaps j rushing into it. They don't realise just what it might mean to them. They realise they would do anything to protect their own country, but are apIparently saying, 'Wait till the time comes,'" I Mr. Kitto said that the harriers had wished to join the Home Guard as a separate unit, but that was not permitted. The administrative organisation of existing sports bodies would be helpful to the Home Guard, Mr. Kitto thought, but he knew of no sports bodies having been asked to help.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 98, 22 October 1940, Page 8
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242HOME GUARD Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 98, 22 October 1940, Page 8
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