130th. BATTERY NEWS
(Written before the departure of' the 130th. for another Camp) The llGth., Battery id recent weeks have had many wanderings up hill and down dale in the’vic ini of Mt.. Thomas and .Mt.. Grey .■ The reasons for it ,Cf{ .'all is to give us’ a knowledge of the terra /near’ the Camp, and these expeditions into the ;hflls aAso keep one physically fit. , W • r - s ' '• . \ ' ■ ■ ' ./■ •,.•/'■•■■' , .■ ■ J ' Before leaving f l: dr somewhere north” it was decided-.to |:’i'pi t,.XaiKu.Kh as, tya grand finale/. In the s umme k v months -,thi s' place- is the. .;?Mecjo3f Mbf visitors / nd tourists forbaching, swimming and .camping ; ~w /..■/■/.-■ ' 'l!> On Friday, October' 9, s the 130th. starred. cut '.in /anticipation of an ininteresting day at the beach', /Mr ■ McAllum stepping out briskly in • ron r u ft for the fact that one of;our Bombadiers dangled n string of saveloys .from /■'the truck as it went past; with our rations the' travelling time Would- he. v ' ' •been much slower. We finally reached the picnic .grounds with an,,excels nt appetite which we did full justice to. After lunch some of the....b^ys.;. took i- to the' swings and seesaws ;(f or chi re under s ixt e e ns) •, : . . . p . £ ; ; Later we decided to have a dip in the briny, and though we found it K chilly at first we soon farmed', up'. Some of us sun-bathed, and a. couple, our young -’’Romeos?’ dep-pded to.'.assist a attractive/young girl c-bu. her ; . ■ mother to gather pipi/'- ' : ... x '■ ■ > ■ / 'Mr. McAllum, feelidg restless ,/s tarted a tussle in the sand-dunes and I: tried to teach us Er/ew tactics ? which worked - sometimes. As the y w?.s ’ drawing on we regretfully retired to the truck,in prepare for our re- • turn to Camp after a /memorable ' day *. . G B L.' • ' ’ ' ■ ' 000000 . \ ~ ? ‘V - . / ' - -
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Rangiora Gunner, Volume 1, Issue 2, 20 October 1942, Page 5
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302130th. BATTERY NEWS Rangiora Gunner, Volume 1, Issue 2, 20 October 1942, Page 5
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