"D" BATTERY

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 124, 28 May 1930, Page 18

"D" BATTERY

MEETING OF MEMBERS

c-: Sor the purpose of forming an Old Mem-

■y bars' Association, a general meeting of the a| "D" Battery was-held in the Drill Hall

Si last evening, Colonel H. E. Avery being :!'in the chair, 'a s;'.' t'i, When the chairman put the motion to ';% the meeting it wasl met with decided api■ j'iS proval. He said that the objects of the ;-K: ij association were to foster and perpetuate \ !;p the spirit of D Battery, N.Z.F.A.V., and \ ,1^ the friendship made therein, and to assist ' ,:"v; sn.- every way possible to maintain a high ''■ ijyj standard of efficiency, discipline-, and esprit rilfi- <le corps in the present Territorial battery. |j;/':i After commenting on the land defence '■ flj -system of New Zealand, Colonel Avcrj^ ;;|'v moved the following motion:! "That this' !;.-;:[ meeting of old members of D Battery fay- ; jt'j'ours the continuation of a sound defence ■yjt'.policy, making provision for an adequate "J^ji defence force, mid protests strongly against ■£-!»'any alteration of the present system of :k- 'compulsory military training which may :&■'. tend to reduce the efficiency of the New' ' i;;!iiZealand Defence Forces either for service '■fd'va. New Zealand, or to play its part overHa seas in defence of the Empire." '.> In supporting the motion Colonel Pether- '&. ick said that when military training first 3 fcame into force'in New Zealand, the Ter- . gijlritorials'were cpmpelled to attend night '$. • parade on 30 nights during1, the year. Now, \-4 he said, it had been whittled down to 12 |?! nights, which, in his opinion, was not suf'."?;].fioient for proper training of the men. . i'y'.Also, twelve nights a year was not sufiit's, cient for- the money expended on military -.■;i;' training.,^ :--V-:,-.; .-;" . ■ ■ ;?j ColoneF'Avery's motion was favourably ■;!; met with, and was accordingly adopted. ;|' It was decided that the annual general )i; meeting be held in the month o{ May each . ''M year. ,ff The draft constitution and rules as added ■ i.ii to and amendedavere adopted.

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