WAIOURU CAMP
INSPECTION BY MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS (PRESS ASSOCIATION riLEOHAHJ WELLINGTON, August 14. In a statement to-day, the Minister for Public Works (the Hoa, R. Semple), who visited the camp with the Undersecretary of the department, declared that there was no reason for the hysterical protests and exaggerated reports about the Waiouru territorial camp. He explained that the parade ground was now as dry as a bone.
After the work of the mechanised units it would be covered with grit and sealed. A complete sewerage system would be installed, and the finest water in the Nortn Island laid on. A hospital was being built immediately. All the key buildings were of timber, and
tents would only be needed for sleeping. The summer time climate at Waiouru was ideal. If the war continued, the .question of wooden hutments for sleeping in winter would have to be considered.
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23100, 16 August 1940, Page 11
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