WALKING AS AN EXERCISE
"One of the finest and most inexpensive exercises one can undertake is walking," remarked the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Parry, in the course of his reply to a sports club deputation at Dunedin A good brisk walk to work in the morning's fresh air, added the Minister, puts sunshine into the heart and mind and generally sets up a person in condition fit to tackle any job which comes along during the day. "A week or two ago," Mr. Parry said, "the members of a city deputation travelled a short distance by motor cars to discuss with me a gymnasium matter. During the interview it was asked what form of exercises I ■ felt inclined, from my own personal experience and knowledge of physical training, to recommend the average city dweller to take up. It was a 'poser' for me, no doubt thought the deputation, but there were sharp interesting looks from one to the other when I replied, "Leave the car in the garage and do some healthy walking.'"
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19886, 14 March 1939, Page 16
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