AIR FORCE QUARTER
WOODBOURNE STATION ELABORATE ACCOMMODATION [by TELEGRArH —PRESS ASSOCIATION"]. BLENHEIM. Tuesday "Soldiering de luxe" was the expres - sion used by the Minister .of P u ' ) "* Works, the Hon. 11. Semple, in commenting, after an inspection this ni ° rn ing, on the accommodation provide . for the Wellington General Reconnaissance Air Squadron, winch is training at the Woodbourne air station. Mr. Semple said he* was well pleased with the conditions at the aerodrome and the progress toward, completion. Men could have nothing ifo complain o in the quarters provided. The Government was doing its best to sce ; tlia.... similar accommodation was provided at: all training centres, not only for the Air Force, but also for military unitsThere would^be*none of the blundering which took place at the beginning of the last war, when many men were lost through illness and disease be - cause of poor accommodation and conditions under which they trained.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23486, 25 October 1939, Page 8
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