DAYLIGHT PARADES

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22509, 17 September 1938, Page 23

DAYLIGHT PARADES

-— '■* ' NEW ZEALAND CORPS OF SIGNALS

The decision of the Defence Department and the Post and .Telegraph' Department to introduce daylight parades tor the New Zealand Corps of Signals has proved particularly successful, and has resulted in increased public interest in the activities of the corps. Members of the Southern Depot, whose headquarters are in Christchurch, are released by the Post *nd Telegraph Department on alternate Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 5 pjn„ and are undergoing indoor training in preparation for this year's courses of instruction at Burnham and Trentham: After the courses, it is intended to carry out a maximum* amount of outdoor training, which is extremely popular. This consists mostly of shortwave communication between ground stations and between radio-equipped cars travelling at all speeds, and also the .construction of field telegraph and telephone routes, using a recent type of cable layer. The depot has also begun its annual small arms training, and is engaged .in the selection of a team to shoot ■ for the Western Electric.challenge shield, the competition for which is held annually at Trentham between teams from Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch during the army headquarters signals courses.