THE HOME GUARD
SCOFFERS SLATED
NEED FOR EARLY TRAINING (0.C.) TE AROHA, this day. At a meeting of the Te Aroha Home Guard, Captain B. H. Horner, M.C., officer commanding the unit, trenchantly condemned those people who sat back and made a joke of the organisation. "There is one thing that might be called good about war," said Captain Horner. "It invariably brings out the best in a man. and it also shows up the colour of a man. Here in Te Aroha we have our full quota of all colours of men."
He said the number of guardsmen in Te Aroha had been gradually slipping back, partly due to some of the more easy-going men losing interest. "They say they will put their weight into it when the show starts, but that is no good, as any rush training would be too late to be of any use. The other crowd," continued Captain Horner, "'are those who do nothing but talk. They sit back and give neither sixpence of their money nor five minutes of their time in the national effort."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 138, 13 June 1941, Page 3
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