GRATEFUL SOLDIERS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 107, 2 November 1939, Page 6

GRATEFUL SOLDIERS

A DELIGHTFUL EVENING y

; y ''On Saturday ; ; evening last'::...-ih« trobps from Trentham tamp o were entertained at the R.S.A; Club in "Vie* toria Street by a dance organised £by the Hon. W. E., Barnard and' Mrs Barnard and their: ;committee,"':: write! "One of the Troops, 19tht Wellin^ph Battalion." '-'..■"■ -;; ■-', "■'■^:X

"May I' venture to express the &!*• J preciation of the troops? The 7 e\§eri«.;7 ing was- an. example' of thorough/and well-planned organisation of which pie committee; may well >.be proud.* .;•■:., X&llx. the troops" in;>cairip^?wfere advised- XXjot:X the time 7 and place L s^veral - days llie-v fofehan-diA^erVSO^ attended; ,a sufiffici-V ency of exceedingly charinihg partiijers' was provided^ and" free supper,- soft drinks;; arid cigarettes \ available. 7 AY eleven o'clock:•a-happy.processibn of soldiers'and their, .^partners filed along Victoria.Street'and Jervois Qtiay ; to\vards ' the Railway Staition,: where the troops entrained. , ' S7

7 "It is impossible, to over-estimate amount 7o"f. good done through the efforts -of the committee. The troops are mostly strangers yto Wellington; X and their,... opportunities^of making social ' contacts are limited. They are worked hard during the week in camp and entertainment such as~was'prdvidedyoh^^-S'attirda^evefiiing not only improves,the general spirifcbf the troops but makes us realise that* our efforts as soldiers are being appreciated by the citizens „of Wellintf-.ton."-7;:y-:':':*:**- .-.- -; *.- --■- -; ■ :^'--