TRAINING CAMPS
HEALTHY ACCOMMODATION
MR. SEMPLE AT WOODBOURNE
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) BLENHEIM, This Day. "Soldiering de luxe", was-the expression used by the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. R. Semple, in commenting after an inspection this morning of the accommodation provided for the Wellington General Reconnaissance Air Squadron, in training at the Woodbourne Air Station. Mr. Semple said he was well pleased with the conditions at the aerodrome and the progress towards its completion. The men could have nothing to complain of in the quarters provided. The, Government was doing its best to see that similar accommodation was provided at all training centres, not only for the Air Force but the military units as well. There would be none of the blundering which took place at the beginning of the last war, when many men were lost through illriess and disease because of the poor accommodation and conditions under which they trained.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 99, 24 October 1939, Page 9
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152TRAINING CAMPS Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 99, 24 October 1939, Page 9
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