THE EASTER CAMP.
The volunteer camp to be held at Oringi, between Woodville and Daunevirke, during Easter, will be run on instruction lines, and it is expected some 2000 volunteers will be present. The idea is that the force consists of a mobile column providing its own defence and transport, and the work provided will be of the nature that such a force might reasonably expect to have to carry out under active service conditions. To give an air of verisimilitude to the actual conditions, it is laid down in the scheme that a state of war exists with a neighbouring Power, and that hostile troops have landed at Porangahau, presumably with the intention of seizing the Woodville railway junction. The local troops have been mobilised, and anticipating the seizure of the junction, have pushed forward, reaching Oringi at 3 p.m. on Friday, April 9th. What happens then yet remains to be seen, but it is understood the programme is full of surprises.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 453, 23 March 1909, Page 3
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163THE EASTER CAMP. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 453, 23 March 1909, Page 3
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