LARGE MILITARY CAMP

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21086, 10 February 1934, Page 4

LARGE MILITARY CAMP

♦— — j IMKJ VI I»IN<; FOR 80(1 MEN j H'Rr.sS A:i3OC'UTIOM TE'.EOBASI.) ( WAIPUKURAU. February 0. ' 'i'lic iirst infantry brigade camp in ' ilie Central Command wince the vi.sil ; of General Sir lan Hamilton in May, i 1014. commences at Waipukurau to- ' morrow, under Colonel Cunningham, i witli Major Conway as brigade major, 1 and Captain Goos as staff captain. With the second infantry brigade, comprising the Wellington. Wellington West Coast, Hawke's Bay, and Taranaki regiments, and also tlie second iield ambulance from Wellington assembled, it is expected that approximately UOO officers and men will be j under canvas. Advance parties have erected a large array of tents, and the officers and non-commissioned officers have already undergone a special training course. ] Realism will be added to the training ' operations by the co-operation of air force aeroplanes on field days. j . j HANKS PENINSULA RABBIT 1 BOARD | ♦ j At the monthly meeting of the Banks i Peninsula Rabbit Board there were i present Messrs H. Nutt (chairman), J. < Chapman, J. O. Coop, C. J. Richfield, W. A. Gray, and Stock Inspector R. ' M. Henderson. It was reported that rates col- '• lected in January amounted to £37 1 13s Bd. ( On the motion of Mr Chapman it was decided that the 10 per cent, pen- 5 alty on unpaid rates would be imposed on March 31, 1934. , The chairman reported that he had instructed the board's solicitors to ■, prosecute persons in the board's area < who had industrial rabbits in their £ possession without having first obtained a permit to kec-p them. £ The chairman's action was approved, c Correspondence was read from the J Department of Agriculture stating that I a 10 per cent, reduction would be made on the subsidy payable in re- i spect of rates collected. j i The inspectors' reports were read | 1 and discussed, and also the rabbiter's J report. The secretary was asked to instruct the inspectors to attend the next meeting. Accounts totalling £7l 8s 8d were * passed for payment. f