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Chronicle (Levin), 3 July 1946, Page 3

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QEZT IXQ.MAW Xm OL^.A^ • (By the Departmeut of Health.) The expectatiou of life is high in New Zealand. The latest figures promise ut birth, if all goes well, in full years, 65 if you are a niale and G8 if you arc, a feniale. Tliis is six more vears than the United States of i Aiuerica can promise ifs babies, both I male and female. To show how liuman j life has lenglhened in recent times, we I have only to compare the ancient Oreek | oxpectlUiou of 29 years as a life span. i JfoaJise how there must be more and jtiiore old i'olk in the eommunity. Pro- ' bably you will be joining these old folk by aiid by. The fewer young oues will have to support more old folk, and it will be mucli harder 011 them if tlicse old ones have too high a proportion of inijnnity. The nieutal outlook has an influenco 011 the physical well-being. The chauccs I are you will be retired and still have j souie years of life to put in. You want, to keep a bright mind for that old age. Tlien don't neglect your pliysieal condition from mid-life, especially your daily exercise, so that, as far as you can, you avoid the duliiiig elfect of an unlit body on Ihe iniud. Expect to enter old age mentally ellicient, and strive to remain so tlirouglioul, however long the period. You will best achyeve this by having an occupation. Woiuo people should never be allowed to retire for tliey have nothing to l'all back on mentally, and tlien quickly deteriorate in miud, the body following suit rapidly. They become a burden on family or state. Prepare for your old ago before it arrives. If necessary uttend technical school to acquire eoiue skill, or art and efaft classes, and take unto yourself a useful hobby, uutil you are sure you will be as busy as possible within your physical limitations when old age arri\es. A regular job is necessary and desirable iu yonr old age, so gel 3"ourself ready for that time. " rrrr r1 1 r— gg