DEFENCE NOTES
HELENSVILLE PLATOON
K.D.R.C
The Platoon has now a fair knowledge of company drill and rifle exercises, It would be, well if another squad could be raised in order that company drill can be proceeded with. There are a number of men over territorial age in the district who do not belong to any force, and under the present state of. affairs it would be well if they gave a small per centage of their time to learning the rudiments of military drill. At present this is a voluntary matter, but it may soon be a matter of compulsion.
*• « #. Lieut. C. White left fc*^ Trentham on Friday, 9th insnj^ At a parade held the previous evening he was presented with a pair of field glasses by the members of. the Platoon, as a mark of their appreciation of his work as their instructor since its inception. * - -» #
A meeting was held at Woodhill on the evening of the 14th inst, with a view to forming a section of Helensville Platoon, when 10 members were sWorn in by Q.M.S. Fosbroke, who attended on behalf of the corps.
The usual parades will be held, viz., Thursday, 7.30 p.m.; and Saturday, 2.30 p.m.
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 15 July 1915, Page 2
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200DEFENCE NOTES Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 15 July 1915, Page 2
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