THE MAYOR IN CAMP

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 132, 5 June 1915, Page 9

THE MAYOR IN CAMP

A CHANGED TRENTHAM. Among the visitors to Trentham on Thursday were the Mayor (Mr. J. P, Luke), Mrs. Luke, and the Town Clerk. The Mayor includes among his duties looking after th 6 interests of soldiers from other places besides Wellington, as be acts on behalf of the various local patriotic societies in places as far north as Auckland and as far south as Inver-' cargill. It was gratifying to him to ' find that people all over the Dominion were anxious that the boys from their particular localities were being looked after by people in the places whence they came. He was present at the sports in camp on Thursday and saw for himself how the men enjoyed themselves, to the limits that their serious occupations would allow. He was pleased, too, with the expedition being shown in the erection of the hutments. These would prove t great boon to the mem during the winter. The Trentham mud ■ seemed an almost insuperable problem, but the men had overcome that by forming pavements and serviceable roads 'with. < stones— work which they had all entered) into with zest. The Minister for Defence had shown a. personal interest in < the matter of entertaining the men by 1 obtaining railway facilities for them ana 1 for those who go out ..to brighten the camp life by giving entertainments. Tho ■ train is now arranged to leave Trentham < at 10.10 p.m. and to arrive in Wellington at 11.20 p.m. This connected with* 1 some of the tramcars, and h© hoped that it would be shortly possible to connect , with one > or two others independently of ' the special late car. While at Trentham on Sunday the'! Mayor had visited the hospital, but hei was pleased to say that ther& were but \ very few cases, mostty resulting from j colds, which was only to be expected 1 when so large a number as 7000 ment were on the t ground. However, this 1 would be mitigated, he felt sure, whea i the new hutments were in occupation.