DEFENCE OF AUCKLAND
TACTICAL EXERCISE NEXT WEEK [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON. August 22. Exercises similar to those held off Wellington Heads recently, in which the army and the air force co-operated in repulsing a naval attack, will be hSld at Auckland next week. This was announced to-night by the Chief of the General Staff, Major-general J. E. Duigan. It was probable that the exercises would bo held on Monday, General Duigan said. The new heavy battery on Motutapu Island would be manned by regulars and territorials, and a long-range shoot with live shell would be carried out. The shooting would be at towed targets at a range of approximately 18,000 yards. General Duigan said he would be present at the exercises, and it was probable that the chief of the naval staff, Commodore H. E. Horan, and the chief of the air staff, Group-cap-tain H, TV, L. Saunders, would also attend.
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Evening Star, Issue 23352, 23 August 1939, Page 17
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152DEFENCE OF AUCKLAND Evening Star, Issue 23352, 23 August 1939, Page 17
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