Governor-General Advises Young People To Get Fit And Keep Fit

Wanganui Chronicle, 7 May 1949, Page 6

Governor-General Advises Young People To Get Fit And Keep Fit

AUCKLAND, Last Night (PA).— Advice to young people to map out their physical life by acquiring good habits was given by the GovernorGeneral, Sir Bernard Freyburg. V.C., in his address at the Auckland University College graduation ceremony. He said the art of life was to get tit and keep fit.

I "I am disturbed when I see young I people drinking spirits in the daytime ■and chain smokipg,” His Excellency | said. “I have heard people say, ‘lt’s .good for me.’ They are only storing lup trouble for themselves. A human I being is a creature of habit and the imore you get the more you want. I | had a friend once who drank a bottle Jof whisky a day and boasted about it.” I Sir Bernard continued. “As you can | well believe, it was years and years jago." he added amid laughter. “I reI member people saying, ‘Look at old . He drinks a bottle of whisky a day. It has no effect on him.’ Then at the early age of 42 lie dropped dead putting on his boots one morning I was assured by nis friends, but I was not convinced, that it had nothing to do with his whisky habit.”