HUTS FOR SOLDIERS
Salvation Army’s Work Expanding The work of the Salvation Army for the troops in New Zealand is expanding. The latest advance is the opening of a large marquee at Wanganui camp, equipped with billiard tables, a piano, a radio, table tenuis tables, a lounge, and a coffee bar and canteen. Regular weekly concerts will be held and services will be conducted ; on Sundays. '-Captain Spillett is acting as chaplain, and Envoy Howells is in charge of the marquee. At Burnham camp an extension to the hut has-just been completed, giving more accommodation and greater facilities for recreation to the men. The army has been granted permission to erect a hut at Waiouru camp. Measuring ISO by SO feet, it will be the largest hut the army has at any camp. All .facilities for the comfort and recreation of the men will be provided, including a special lounge, a writing and' reading room, a concert platform, and a canteen, buffet on a larger scale than the army has yet attempted. 0 At the. Wellington railway station hut much-appreciated service is being given to men -who arrive from and depart for various camps.
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Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 22, 27 September 1940, Page 5
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194HUTS FOR SOLDIERS Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 22, 27 September 1940, Page 5
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