Timaru Fitness Record
What is believed to be a record for physical fitness has been established as a result of the medical examination of special force recruits in Timaru. Of 317 officers- and men examined, only three have been classed, as permanently unfit and not suited for any form of service. When the number examined stood at 300 only two men had been placed in the lowest grade. This is approximately 1 per cent, compared with more than 4 per cent in Christchurch and even higher proportions in other parts of New Zealand.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19391018.2.20
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20071, 18 October 1939, Page 3
Word Count
93Timaru Fitness Record Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20071, 18 October 1939, Page 3
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in