NO TROUSERS
SEQUEL TO WET DAY SOLDIERS IN CAMP t While their trousers were being 1 dried, soldiers of the special force in camp at Hopuhopu walked about on Tuesday clad only in hats, tunics, Hurts and ground sheets converted into capes. These men. as is the ease with the territorials mobilised for garrison duty at the forts, have only one uniform. No changes are available, nor ■ire 'here the denims which were issued to the reinforcement drafts in Trentham in the last war. These not only saved the uniforms, but after a wet day, the uniforms could be worn while the denims were being dried. e Handicapped as it is the staff al - llopuhopu by having to use makeshift facilities to cater for 1000 more 0 men than the camp was designed for, ~ Tuesday’s contretemps was met by . working the drying rooms at full ’ pressure. “Better dry trousers than 1 false modesty.” was the camp motto “ for the day.’The troops entered into r the spirit 'of the incident and many also left their boots to be dried.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20075, 23 October 1939, Page 12
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178NO TROUSERS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20075, 23 October 1939, Page 12
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