WASHED OUT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 37, 13 February 1934, Page 8

WASHED OUT.

INFANTRY CAMP. HEAVY RAIN FLOODS GROUND. TROOPS SENT HOME. (By Telegraph.— Association.) WATPUKURAU, this day. The 2nd Infantry Brigade's camp, the first hold since 1!)14, which commenced 011 Saturday, under Colonel Cunningham, has been abandoned owing to the extraordinarily wet weather. The rainfall since early on Sunday night has been 102 points. The men shifted to the racecourse building this morning, their tents being not habitable, as the ground was Hooded and there was a possibility of sickness. Arrangements for the evacuation of the troops were promptly made this morning following an inspection at daybreak, and 280 men left for the south by the 10 o'clock express, 380 by an 11 o'clock special for Wanganui, and 140 by the usual morning train to Napier. The officers ' will remain and complete the week's training. This is the first interruption in seven years of a camp owing to continued bad weather. It was keenly regretted by local residents and by officers and men, and practically every man volunteered to remain behind to strike camp.