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WAIOURU MILITARY CAMP

Progress Of Expansion ' Scheme v j MACHINES WORK DOUBLE ) SHIFTS 1 Good progress is being .made with the expansion scheme at Waiouru Military 3 Camp, Bulldozers and other machines are engaged in levelling work on the Taihape side of the camp, which was 7 built last year to accommodate 2000 men, A plantation of pinus insignis 3 trees has been removed to make way for new buildings. Masses of material, including timber, is being railed io

Waiouru railway station and transferred to the camp. Building work has not yet started, but when it is in full swing hundreds of carpenters will be employed. Men are arriving daily, for the Public Works ■ Department, which proposes to employ between 400 and 500 men. They are being called for the job from as far away as Wellington. Double shifts are being worked with machines and lorries, and when required lorries will work three shifts carting material from Waiouru station. It is proposed to tarseal the main highway north of Taihape from the camp.

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Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 11, 12 July 1940, Page 5

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WAIOURU MILITARY CAMP Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 11, 12 July 1940, Page 5

WAIOURU MILITARY CAMP Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 11, 12 July 1940, Page 5

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