RECRUITING ACTIVITY

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 February 1940, Page 8

RECRUITING ACTIVITY

FIVE MORE AT GREYMOUTH. Recruiting, for the Expeditionary Force continues briskly at Greymouth, and five more enlistments since yesterday afternoon, have raised the effective total to 469. Since Friday last there;have been.zlfL:enlistments a Greymouth, the names of the men enrolled since the “Star” went to press yesterday. afternoon, are as follow. E. D. Williams. B. J. Crompton. W. Lowery. E. A. McPherson. ' ' :'■ .v ' *' \ TERRITORIAL camp.

: Thb fif k 1 'Nelsoh-Marlbof ough-West Coast 1 Regiment 'of Territorials' Will attend' a-'camp at Tapawera,, Nelson, frdm'Ma’rch 4 to March 11. ’Approximately 50 Territorials from Greymouth,' and 35 from Hokitika will attend the camp.

MAORI UNIT PRAISED. • <'dj s'i " /•"• .-z - ■■ ■ WELLINGTON, February 20. .High; .praise for, the.'2B.th (Maori) Rifle: Battalion,--which he inspected, in camp at Palmerston North, was expressed by Major-General J; E. Duigan, Chief of the General Staff, in an interview: to 7 day.' •*?./' “The progress this battalion has made is most satisfactory,” he said. “It. is hard to believe, without actually seeing them on parade,; the rapid strides, that have been made. Their progress reflects credit on the commanding officer, the company aiid platoon commanders, and the noncommissioned officers who trained’ at Trentham for two months before taking over their units.”