ATHLETICS
BOOTS RECORD NOT RECOGNISED Bv Telegraph —Press Association WELLINGTON, September 1. Support for the principle of building up the youth of the Dominion by placing physical training on a national basis was given by the Council of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association to-night. The matter was raised by a remit from the Oamaru Boxing Association to be presented at the annual conference of the New Zealand Boxing Association this week. The remit urges on the Government the necessity for developing a national system of scientific physical education which would provide the soundest basis for defence training, and that an investigator be sent abroad to study methods of physical education. After considering a letter from the Canterbury centre concerning the application to have V. P. Boot’s 880 yards performance on March 24 declared a record, the council decided to adhere to its former decision not to grant a record.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20512, 2 September 1936, Page 12
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150ATHLETICS Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20512, 2 September 1936, Page 12
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