Pongaroa Children at Exhibition,

Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 January 1940, Page 4

Pongaroa Children at Exhibition,

Twenty school children from Pongaroa visited the Centennial Exhibition yesterday, being in charge of Mr S. F. Herbert.

Footballers Enlist, Ten members of the Northcote Rugby Football Club, which won the Auckland Rugby Union's third open championship last season, have enlisted for war service. Nine have been accepted as members of the second echelon, and the other has signed up to join the Navy. Camp to be Closed.

The enlargement by one-third of the military camp at Papakura with a view to concentrating there the troops in the northern military district has been begun and it is hoped to be able to transfer the Secondary Expeditionary Force artillery units from Ngaruawahia to Papakura before the end of March. The scheme involves the closing of Ngaruawahia camp, which has been mainly used by artillery units since training for overseas service began. More rooms, sleepinghuts and other buildings are to be provided in the course of adding a third block to the two already in use at Papakura. The new buildings will be of precisely the same design as the existing ones. The work is one of substantial dimensions but with the large staff engaged it is hoped to have it nearing completion in about seven weeks.