VANDALS AT THE SUMMIT
SOLDIERS' HUT BROKEN INTO. Sine; the march over the■ K"»tg» Hill, made by the Twenty-fourthJe-inforcements last wtumn, , vandals have been at work in and about the Xwhich patriotic Wairarapa people bultCd equipped at the summit of {Chill This hut was used by the "who atays goon ahead of tho marelh)" troops and prepare tea and hot Sfor them. Near it were pla* od a number of tanks, which were fed from a mountain etream by a hjdrau to ram Shortly after this hut and the fenks were erected, some pewan or Xns it ie stated, stole the brass C off tte tanks. To obviate a repe- & of this act, pipes wealed into he hut and the taps fitted insuU ;. BjJ that, apparently, did not baulka'tho When t-Ko Camp Commnndant, Colonel N. P- Adams, C.M.G.. sent an ofQcer up to the hut yesterday to_ seo that all was in order before the Thirtytliirds marched over next Tuesday, it was found that tho lint had bwi broken into, and everything removable hud been taken, including the brass taps. Tho tanks, as n result, were all empty. Tho Commandant bas therefore had to sond up enough ftttines to. mako the hut and tanks serviceable for the dav of the inarch. Afterwards, these will all bo dismantled and returned to storo in camp.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 51, 23 November 1917, Page 4
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223VANDALS AT THE SUMMIT Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 51, 23 November 1917, Page 4
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