PHYSICAL FITNESS.
PLANS FOR FUTURE. Per Press Association. AVELLINGTON, March 29. The campaign for physical fitness was carried a stage further to-day, when the National Council of Physical Welfare and Recreation met to consider a number of proposals, including the appointment of organisers for the whole of New Zealand. The Minister of Internal Affairs (Hon. AY. E. Parry), who presided, also announced that a number of seasonal workers would be co-opted to help with the national scheme. He mentioned, in particillar, the men engaged in deer destruction, and said these could be engaged during the off-sen-son in constructing bush tracks over which hikers could travel during the summer months.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 101, 29 March 1939, Page 10
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109PHYSICAL FITNESS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 101, 29 March 1939, Page 10
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