SOLDIERS IN CAMP
PAPAKURA AND NGARUAWAHIA INSPECTION BY BRIGADIER BELL t . <Peh United Press Association) v AUCKLAND, Nov. 6. Expeditionary Force soldiers in training at Papakura and mgaruawahia camps were inspected by the officer commanding the Northern Military District, Brigadier P. H. Bell, D. 5.0., N.Z.S.C., and the Minister of Finance, Mr W. Nash. Visitors were allowed at both camps, many thousands flocking to Papakura and a smaller number going to Ngaruawahia. ■« In his speech, Brigadier Bell said he wished to express publicly the appreciation of the military forces for the £ instructional staff which had brought \ the men at Papakura and other camps up to their high state of efficiency. Mr Nash said the men oi the present expeditionary force followed the men who, in the war of 1914-18, set up S amazing traditions of courage and endurance. All the men of the expe- '•£ ditionary force had the complete confidence of their country.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24449, 7 November 1940, Page 14
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