MAORI TERRITORIALS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 2, 24 April 1939, Page 1

MAORI TERRITORIALS

BENEFIT OF TRAINING APPEAL TO FOOTBALLERS "A very well-attended meeting was held here on Thursday night and it was resolved to form a branch of the New Zealand Territorial Association iii Whakatane. Many young men joined the territorial forces. The movement, is -entirely for home defence, and I' commend the idea to you. i asiv you to do the same thing 4 o wvir players" said Mr W. S. Henderson,. chairman of tb c Whakatane e Su!j_Taion executive at the •" -- e on Friday night. '.• '• b - i ini Uaegi (I• n_ ' sked -vheLher there was r.u-e --' t.o be made to r.d-e a e.ie.uvi .-- \ i-rder the i:n----o:v-:that there was some diseried i;.e : "ei and that they were leav- • .i g ! - e'iS ii'ii. (if uiic iiV i\ v !!iCii i. v "Tlveee a re hundreds of able-bodied young fcHe e.x r.vailaldc in the dis_ 'eirt'" ]-)■> :: I, ''Since T have been back In re ] have seen the great need for dii'. ,! ;ne amceng them. It would be a healthy and t hope that Maoris well as Pakehas will he welcome." ?dr Henderson assured ?dr Rangi that ihere was no discrimination, and ]Mr Connolly :-:up])Oi'ted him. They were pleased to wtlcome any young ?ilaoris and some of the best types of Territorials were of Maori blood. Mr Rangi suggested that they lihoiihl come up to Ruatoki and e.n-i rol] the young men there,. Sunday eeouhl lie a good day. ?.3r Conn'-.ily said the Territorials in Whakatane were very keen and he was sure they would welcome the chance to send a recruiting deputation to Rnatoki. Mr Henderson.added that there had been a very strong committee set up locally and lie thought they woukl take the up. FORMATION OF TRIBAL UNITS MOVEMENT IN DISTRICT Tt is understood that efforts aie cither being marie or are in train to raise territorial units among the district tribes. There is a move to establish a Ngatiawa platoon and arrangements to this end are now fn progress. Ruatoki representatives on the Whakatane Ruiiby Sub-Union showed themselves interested when the matter of territorial tra'ning among footballers wr? referred to by t'nc; • chairman, Mr W. S. Henderson, and it is possible that something will be 1 lone ill that part of the district.. It is of course, that there night be difficulties in the matter ( )f the unauthorised use of uniforms ( md equipment, but it is hoped that c diis can be overcome by the selecion of suitable types of officers who vil] be resident in the district. (