COMPULSORY SWIMMING.
URGED AS SCHOOL SUBJECT. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 21. Urgent representations to the Government to make swimming a compulsory subject in the schools will be made by the Canterbury Education Board according to a decision reached at a meeting this morning. Members agreed that action should be taken immediately so as to take advantage of the summer months. Referring to the number of drowning fatalities during the holidays, Mr C. S. Thompson said that the board should use these fatalities to press home to the authorities the need for compulsory swimming and life-saving training, and the need for swimming facilities in the schools.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 45, 21 January 1938, Page 8
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106COMPULSORY SWIMMING. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 45, 21 January 1938, Page 8
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