PHYSICAL CULTURE.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20275, 18 August 1937, Page 2

PHYSICAL CULTURE.

NATIONAL PROPOSAL, SPORTS DELEGATES’ APPROVAL. i ßy Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. At the conference of representatives of sports bodies to-day on the motion of Mr P. Coira, it was agreed that the basis of national sport in New Zealand should be the British Government’s proposed soheme. It was decided that the setting up of a committee to work with the Minister should be left to the New Zealand Olympic and British Games Council. The following motion, moved by Mr H. McCormick, president of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association and seoretary of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, was carried:—(l) That the conference agrees that national action Is necessary to inculcate a wider realisation that physical fitness and physical recreation have a vital part to play in promoting a healthy mind and human happiness. (2) That the conference is of the opinion that because of the wide scope of its activities the national •character of any council of sport and recreation can best be secured by the direct appointment. of it by the Government as an advisory body and not by elective representation of sectional national Interests, and recommends the Government accordingly. (3) That the conference considers the whole question of sport and physical recreation generally of such national importance In connection with the rational use of increased labour as to warrant the Immediate attention of the Government and the people generally. The conference was practically unanimously in favour of the proposal, and Mr Parry was warmly thanked for the part lie had played in bringing the council into being.