IN FULL OPERATION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 12 February 1941, Page 8

IN FULL OPERATION

TRAINING OF MEN OF HOME GUARD PHYSICAL FITNESS | United Press Association j AUCKLAND. 11th February, j I A scheme for the training of men of &e Home Guard of the Dominion is now being put into full operation. Instructors of the Physical Welfare Branch of the Internal Affairs Depart- j ment. who are to be responsible for the carrying out of the work under the I scheme, have completed a refresher course at a special camp arranged for | the purpose in the Hutt Valley and have returned to their districts. The 1 Minister of Internal Affairs. Mr Parry, stated that area officers of each district, who will be in charge of Home Guard physical instruction, were in touch with various units of the Home Guard making arrangements for the work to proceed along the lines decided “There is a splendid opening under the scheme for men to improve their physical fitness,' 1 Mr Parry said. “With the introduction of this training, which is devised by expert? in physical culture to suit advantageously all- men who join up. there should not as the ■ work develops be an unfit man in the ! Home Guard. Once a man whose con- ! dition, by reason of occupation or other 1 cause, has been weakened, feels again ' i the joy of fitness, he will strive to j maintain that fitness, which will be a ! very good thihg for himself and the j nation.”