HEUELL GATHERING.

Dozerdust, Volume 2, Issue 16, 22 April 1944, Page 2

HEUELL GATHERING.

DUIIB3A; April ON Friday evening personnel of Works Confctr., Coy. met to bid farewell to Lieut. R. Torrie of Section who is returning to Nev/ Zealand, under direction

of Manpower Committee to take over duties as Country

Engineer to the Monganui Country Coonei1 e

A full muster of all in camp

faced Spr» Gordon Eacalc as Chairman of the gathering when he called on the- opening coast - to the King * of the evening* At. the table with the chairman was Major 13« Blacker, OC of the Coy, S/M Gordon f 7 Berry ,of Services Section,and the guest of the evening# :;:; DOIT McLean and ” Butch ” Siller led the community singing, while n Human Bullet " Boot galye a spirited rendering of his hot number the W• of J#. ::::IN

proposing ths toast to Lieut* Torrie, Major Blacker paid tribut^ Ap his unfailing good humour and thatin the months the Coy,, had been i. in he cal had not had a "difference «m anything more important than ” whether bagpipes were music”. He wished Lieut. Torrie amy years of happy and\prosperous life in civilian atmosphere of North Auckland. :::: ' S/Mu Berry, S/Sgt. J. Matheson, CSM F. Krona st/* Spr» G e Ka®alo, Spr. T.PH. Buckley and. Spr. J. Gibb also spoke. The latter saying that , as batman to Lieut. * Torrie,

ho had; tried to go to O’ with him ( groans and shouts J, but found, that it was not possible. He expected lie would have to work much harder now that Lieut, Torrie was going, IN rising to reply to the toast, Lieut. . Torrie wqs greeted with prolonged cheering, ” lam bohhglad and sorry to be leaving ” he said, for his association with

the Unit had been a most happy one from the first day of arrival when ho came over with the Advance Party. Services Section had been a most happy family, and he hoped h that it would remain so, and he ' hoped to renew the friendships he had made when the Unit returned to ILZ, . » I:! IN the & urso of the evening several speaker extened a hearty Lieut. Torrie to visit the Sout‘ Island; they promised he w oul'd' not be disappointed. This was questioned by several , speakers - one going as fax* as to call .Worth Auckland the ” California of the Mew Zealand i’ He was somewhat up Gut to learn that

California was mostly desert* Lieus Torrie promised to inveslegate r .

FOOTBALLERS INJURED.

P PETER O’REILLEY TAKES IT:

C on Depot* April 16. In a game on Saturday, Peter O’Rcilljry sustained a sever injury to his neck and was ad -

mi tied to the Ka lave re

Hospital. He will be confined to hospital for some weeks. He is said

to liken himself to the proverbial, chicken, Ken Clements also stopped a

nasty jolt which led him to hospital for treatment

to his eye.

"HONORS” ALL AND HAPPY.

u TOO SURPRISED TO SB2A.K”

DumbGa: When he learnt on Friday

that he was going home under Manpower direction, "Tired!’ Norton was "so surprised —

Me could not speak ” to use his own words. With him

were Bill Apperly, Ron

Bull, Bert Stoner, Fred Smith, Lyall Newport, J* Parker and G. Anderson. They

were all very hiappy. when

they got' the news, but as "Tired " Norton pointed out ” it would haTe been

much better to have gone home with the lads ”♦ Cliff Foster .who lit last week

said at the last minute that

he wished he were staying to

go backwith the main body, ::: :Whon the lad 0 1ft today

th*y carried with them the best wishes of everyone, and everyone wished them well*

NORMAN PITT IN th. GEN. Buinbea; Aprl 18. Norm Piexmember of Services Section, who was transferred to Forward Area as Bulldozer' Driver, had the misfortune to

lose two fingers of his left hand. The ironical feature

of the accident which coast him his two fingers is that

he had just reci eved word

that he wa s to go Mme to th farm by direction of the

Manpower.

BOIL3R ERECTION:

Dumber.: Special; Work on the Boiler continues to push ahead on a 7 day

wack schedule*