Military Notes and News.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5383, 4 February 1929, Page 4

Military Notes and News.

FIRST HAURAKI BATTALION.

Preparations for the Ngaruawahia camp are now in full swing. On the 9th inst. a party of 25 men will ceed there as an advance unit to etßct tents and get everything in order for the arrival of the main body. Officers and n.c,.o.’s are to arrive on the 13th, in order to undergo a three-days’ course of training, preparatory to instructing their men, as the battalion is to be instructed solely by its own officers. # # « * Fifty have been installed at Ngarua.wahia, and hQt water will be available; at stated times. One reason for erecting these is the danger of river swimming. The Waikato is now definitely “out of bounds.” # # M 9 As there are to be no casual camps this; year, those who cannot attend Ngaruawahia .will go under canvas with the Waikato’s from the 23rd) inst- * « « * The High Schodl Cadets of Rqtorua will go into barracks from February 28 to March 5. One hundred boys; are expected to attend. Each boy has contributed something towards his upkeep, showing the commendable spirit amongst them. The Thames High school Cadets will go into barracks from March 11 to 15, the expected attendance being 120. Lieut. Innes, N.Z.S.C., will ac,t as adjutant at both barracks,, and the boys will be entirely under the com-

mand Cjf their own officers. 4? W 4f Lieut. Innes is proceeding to Rotorua to be present when Staff SerjeantMajor Patterson, of Waihi, takes over temporarily from Serjeant-Major Meacham, granted sick leave. Corporal W. Anderson is to take Mr Patterson’s place at Waihi until the SerjeantMajor’s return. $ # « 3: The seventh annual rifle meeting, of the N.Z. Army Rifle Association is. to be held at Trewtham from March 12 to March 15. * * « « The N.Z. Gazette of January 31 gives notice of the promotion to i second lieutenant, Ist battalion, Hauraki Regiment/ as from January 4t 1.929, of Samuel Nicholson, Kenneth Haslett. COMBINED MANOEUVRES. > Combined of Navy, Army, and Air, Force units' will take place on February 11, 12, and 13. Operations will centre round a landing from the sea at Orqwa. At Devbnport the Navy will take aboard the Ist Auckland regiment and brigade details, including artillery with their guns, from Narrow' Neck, and then proceed to a position o.ff Orewa. Thefe a landing party of. sailors, marines, and infantry will put off in the ship’s boats to make a landing undler a PW tecting barrage from the .men-o’-war’s guns. The artillery 18-poundersj wilt be hoistered from the decks On to cutters anflj landed with the attackers. The Mounted Rifles are to defend Orewa, and two Air Force machines from, Hobspnviile; will db the shouting and artillery spotting for the opposing forces. Convened by the Minister of Defence (Hom T. M. Wilford), a. conference of- representatives of all branches of the defence fotrc.es of New Zealand was, held at Wedlington 2pth ultimo. Matters pertaining to the military,, naval and air forces were fully c'opsidqred, and later bn a special sub-< jommittee will submit a report on va irious aspects to the Minister. * # # * Present at the conference in addition to t’fie Hon. T. M. Wjlford were. General officer Commanding the New Zealand Military Fences, (Majon-Gen-eral R„ Young, C. 8., C.M.G., D. 5.0., ,N.Z.S.CJ.) O the Chief of the General Staff (Brfcadier W. H. L. Sinclair-Bur-gers, ' C. 8., C.M.G., D. 5.0., N.Z,S,C,), the Quartermaster-General (Colonel Pilkington, C.8.E., R.N.Z.A.), Mie Director of Artillery (Colonel F. Sym on, C.M.G., D. 5.04 R.N.Z.A, A.Di.C.), Brigadier H. R. Potter, C.M..G., N.Z.S.C. (Northern Cqmjmand), Brigadier. J. H. Whyte, D. 5.0., D.C.M., NJZ.S.C. (Central Command), Briga•dier M. M. Gardner, D. 5.0., RJ.N.Z.A., •A.D.C. (Southern Command), the Director of Air Major T. MWilkes, M.C., N.Z.P.A.F.), Major L. M. | Isitt, N.Z.P.A.F., Captain J. L- Finlay, ;]M.C., N.Z.P.A.F., the Commodore of '? the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy (Cojmm'odore G. T. C. P-' Swaby, R.N.), and the Chief of the Naval Staff and second member’ of the Naval Board (Captain C- N. Reyiie, A.D..C., R.N.).

FIRE BRIGADE NOTES.

What little social money the local brigade had managed fo raise from, time to time was devoted at its last meeting towards the relief fund 'of a widow and family of a brother fireman in another part of the Dominion. This leaves the local team in a rather difficult financial position, in view of the early attendance required at the Hdkitika demonstration.

The secretary of the Morrinsville Brigade has just been presented by the Morrinsville Borough OOunc.il with a donation of £l5, in answer to a for quejst for £25 towards their I-llQ>kitika expenses. Other brigades in the district are eagerly leaking forward to what is going to prove, from the number of entriep, the greatest demonstration and conference ever held in the Dominion—the Jubilee of the United Fire Brigades’ Association of New Zealand. These brigades, some of them farmed only within the last three or four years, are all donating thejr teams liberal allowance's.