ON FINAL LEAVE

Grey River Argus, 14 March 1940, Page 5

ON FINAL LEAVE

SECOND ECHELON Drafts Home Yesterday AUCKLAND, March 13 Over 1700 men of the Second Echelon, who have been training at Pa.oakura. left on leave to-day. for various parts of the Dominion, by special an.i ordinary trains at various times throughout the day. AID FOR RETURNED MEN WELLINGTON. March 13. The duty of those staying behind in New Zealand, to provide for the rehabilitation of servicemen resuming from the war, particularly those incapacitated by wounds or sickness, was emphasised by Colonel Hargest, Officer Commanding the sth Infantry Brigade, addressing a party of Southland farmers at the Exhibition.,

Everyone had a job to do, he said, he as a soldier, and they as civilians and farmers, to produce the maximum, so that British people and the army sent overseas could be fed. Soon there would be young soldiers coming back, sick and tired, and perhaps wounded in the field, and in any case there would soon be men returning from Egypt, for whom the climate had been too hard. FOOTBALL IN EGYPT. WELLINGTON, March 13. The following cablegram has been received by the Prime Minister, from General Freyberg: The prospects for the selection of a strong New Zealand army team appeared bright on Saturday, on the completion of th e third round of the inter-unit Rugby, wherein solid football was witnessed. The game wherein the Wellington battalion (12) routed the FielcL Regiment (10), was particularly attractive. The M.G. Battalion defeated the Auckland Battalion, 6/3, in a more rugged match. Other results were: M.T. Company 5, A.S.C. 3. Canterbury and Otago battalion 34, Brigade and Divisional Headquarters 3. Signals and Engineers 0, Cavalry 0. RUGBY, March 12. The British Ambassador in Cairo, Sir Miles Lampson, took the salute al. a parade of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, yesterday morning, at the invitation of General Freyberg. The Ambassador. describing the ceremony, stated: The men looked in • fine fettle, and are evidently settling down well in their new surroundings. As I told them, their general bearing and appearance were most impressive