WAIMATE SCHOOL CADETS

Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23347, 2 November 1945, Page 3

WAIMATE SCHOOL CADETS

Inspection By General • Puttick Value Of Training Emphasised For the first time since the establishment of the Waimate High School as a separate institution, 16 years ago. the school cadet unit was honoured yesterday by a visit by the General Officer Commanding the New Zealand Forces, Lieutenant-General E. Puttick. Accompanying the General were Colonel H. A. Meyer, Military Attache to the United States Legation and Brigadier E. T. Rowllings, O. C. Southern Military District. The party was met by the Rector and staff chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. T. A. Wilson, and after signing the visitors' boc':. a photograph was taken. The General then proceeded to an inspection of the school cadets, and the women of the party were taken on an inspection of the school. Addressing the • cadets, General Puttick expressed pleasure at beingable to visit the school. He urged the boys not to regard cadet training as of no value. "At the outset, to show you that it is. I will tell you how the school cadets and the territorial training system was proved to be well worth while. When a crisis faced New Zealand an army of 90.000 men had to be mobilised for home defence, supported in time by two divisions of the United States Army and Marine Corps. But this country was short of 1000 officers. With ho time to train them in the ordinary way they were chosen from likely leaders with cadet training. In this way the cadet system directly assisted the war effort. "It teaches you the value of team work,” General Puttick added, "and this is of tremendously high value in the military sphere." The boys at school to-day were fortunate in that their masters were men who had been officers of high rank in the Second N.Z.E.F., in the Air Force and in the Navy. Military training was valuable because of the pride it engendered in the individual not just for himself but the whole unit. He expressed the hope that never again would secondary school cadets be called to form the basis for an army for war. Colonel H. A. Meyer. military attache to the United States Legation, also spoke “to the sons of the Kiwis” using a touch of humour to emphasise his point, teamwork. “We did a great job when we were asked this time, we had good friendship and now it’s " up to all of us to keep that friendshin,” he said. The Rector. Mr M. Leadbetter, in thanking General Puttick for his visit to the school said it was a great day in the history of the school. They were proud of the part post-primary schools had played in the war, and they appreciated the visit of the General so soon after the conclusion of a strenuous period of service. General Puttick was brought back to New Zealand at a critical period—when the country faced an unprecedented situation. He ‘"was immediately faced with the task of organising an army of 90,000 men, and when the history of the war was written the General's decisions would be found very true. He then expressed their debt of gratitude for the services given by General Puttick to New Zealand in the time of crisis. The party was then entertained at afternoon tea by the Rector- and staff, leaving later for Christchurch.

Patriotic Appeal Total collections previously received toward the Waimate County quota of the current Patriotic Fund Appeal amounted to £2534/17 9. A new list of donations brings the total received | as at October 31, 1945. to £2736/0/3. , The latest list is as follows: ; Upper Pareora Riding Mr and Mrs A. H. Cookson £5, Mr and Mrs D. I. Dent £2. Mr and Mrs •, J. H. Stocker £2. Mr A. Thorpe £l, Mr and Mrs D. R. Waight £2/2/-, Mr 1 and Mrs Harold Elworthy £25. Mr and 1 Mrs J. Munro £3/3 -. Miss E. McTague £l, Mr and Mrs A. McTague £5, Mr E. O’Connor £l, Mr Eric Hall £5. Mr and 1 Mrs A. Hines £l/10/-, Mr and Mrs F. . J. Eggleton £3 3/-, Mr and Mrs W. ' Tozer £3/3/-, Mr and Mrs W. Calder . £5. Mr and Mrs R. Jones £5/5/-, Mr and Mrs Don. Neal £l/10/-, Mr and Mrs H. E. Neal £2/10/-, Mr and Mrs W. McEwan £l. Mr and Mrs W. McDonald £2 2/-, Mr and Mrs L. Haddon £2, Mrs I. K. Stewart £5, Mr and Mrs Keith Cocks £l, Mr and Mrs Winterbourne £l. Mr W. Thompson £2, Mr Keith Binstead £l/5/-, Mr and Mrs R. M. Ford £l. Mr and Mrs Herbert Elworthv £5O, Mr J. Smith 10/-,. Mr P O'Connor 10/-, Mr R. S. Brokenshire 5/-. Total to date £545/6/10. Lower Pareora Riding Mr and Mrs J. T. Chamberlain £2 2/-, Mr and Mrs M. Caswell £l/1/-, Mr and Mrs K. Caird £2, Mr A. M. Caird £l. Messrs W. and M. Bell £3. Mrs J. D. Simmons £3. Mr J. Caswell 10/-. Mr E. Hendry 5/-, Messrs Cosgrove Bros. £5/5/-. Mr C. H. Johnston £lO. Mr L. Bell £l, Mrs M. Bell £l, Mr E. G. Coles £5. Mr T. Lysaght £5, Mr E. Blank £2, Mr H. Livesey £3/3/-, Mr M. Sullivan £l, Mr W. Cague 10/-, Misses M. and K. O'Loughlin £l, Mr and Mrs W. D. Stowell £2, Rev. and M s Mclntyre £l. Mr and Mrs D. W. Spence £2. Anonymous £l. Mr Alex George 2/6, Mr and Mrs J. Barber 10/-. Mr and Mrs J. White 10/-. Mr and Mrs G. Smith 10/-. Total to date £375/4/8.

Makikihl Riding Anonymous £25. Total to date. £lB6/19/5. Morven Area Mr and Mrs J. Melton £2, Mr and Mrs Williams £l, Mr and Mrs W. Clearwater 10/-, Mr and Mrs Burgess 2/6, Mr and Mrs E. E. Andrews 10/-, Mr and Mrs Seaman 10/-. Mrs Tangney 2 6. Mrs Meynell 5/-, Mr and Mrs Coulbeck 2/6, Mr and Mrs L. Melton 2/6, Mr and Mrs R. Allnutt 5 -, Mr and Mrs Smith 10/-. Mr J. MeAleer 5/-. Total to date £315/4/3. Waihaorunga Area Messrs Elderton Bros. £5, Mr A. J. Falloon £3 Mr J. A. Hurst £5, Mr J. A. Bell £3, Mr Whatman £2, Mr J. B. Armstrong £2, Mr A. Baikie £l, Mr G. Cooling £l. Mr J. W. Baikie £l, Mr H. Meldrum 10/-, Mr Munro 10/-, Mr R. H. Richman £5, Mr James Armstrong £5. Mr A. D. Mackenzie £lO, Mr E. Davis £l, Mr W. B. Armstrong 10/-, Anonymous 10/-, Mr H. A. Brown £2, Mr D. B. Wilson £l5. Mr Farquhar Macßae £lO. Mr T. B. W. Hamilton £5. Mrs F. Brown £lO, Mr A. Bell £5, Mr Finlay Mcßae £3, Mr R. Turnbull 10/-, Mr Leslie Souness £lO, Mr V. C. Meehan £lO, Mr G. Barclay £2, Mr W. Birnie £l, Mr H. Macfarlane £2. Total to date £294/10/8. Hakataramea Riding Mr and Mrs T. Corrigal £l. Mr and Mrs Wishart £3, Mr and Mrs A Hayes £l2/0/6, Mr J. McKinnon £l/0/6. Total to date £2BB/19/11.

Golf In spite of the abnormally wet season, members had been able to play all matches, stated the report presented at the annual meeting of the Waimate Ladies' Golf Club. The winners of the cups and trophies w'ere congratulated, as were all those who had earned handicap reductions. Five matches had again been played, and the club had been pleased to welcomvisiting teams from Timaru and Oamaru. The financial position of the club was s-'ind, with a credit of £24/18 8. The e action of officers resulted: Captain, Mrs A. Grant; vice-captain Mrs L. W. Leslie; president, Mrs Waldie; vice-presidents, Mesdames P. Grant and E. B. Fraser; secretary, Miss E. Bitchener; treasurer. Mrs I. H. Schrader; committee, Mesdames G. H. O. Barclay, J. Bowron, A. Dyer, M. Leadbetter and Miss Jones. Tennis The Waihao Lawn Tennis Su )- Associatlon’s competitions will commence to-morrow. The draw is as follows: A Grade: Waimate A v. Ikawai at

Waimate; Morven v. St. Paul's at Morven; Waimate B v. Hook at Hook: Waihao Downs v. Willowbridge, at Waihao Downs. B Grade: St. Patrick’s v. Waihao Downs, at St. Patrick’s; Hook v. School, at School: Willowbridge v. Studholme, at Willowbridge; Morven a bye.