GREYTOWN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 May 1941, Page 7

GREYTOWN

HOME GUARD PARADE ON SUNDAY. (“Times-Age” Special.) The Greytown units of the Home Guard held a full day parade on Sunday when exercises were carried out between units moving from the north and south along Fabian's Road between Papawai and Morison's Bush. At 10 a.m. the Infantry and Motor Cycle sections assembled at the Memorial Park and the Rev H. Bloomfield, the unit chaplain, conducted a short religious service. The morning was spent in training sections in field exercises, and the platoon commanders proceeded to Papawai and selected defensive dispositions. The Mounted Rifles, thirty strong, plus one platoon of infantry, had meanwhile assembled at Morison's Bush, near the old Kaitara School site, and carried out formation training. At one p.m. the force at the Greytown Memorial Park received information that the “enemy” units at Morison’s Bush were advancing along Fabian's Road towards Papawai in an attempt to reach Greytown. Preceded by motor cyclists the Greytown defending force were transported to Papawai and quickly took up a defensive line along the Papawai rifle range ridge and were successful in holding up the advance of the force from the south. Captain R. Wakelin. of the Hawke's Bay Regiment, acted as umpire and at the end of the day addressed the Guardsmen. He expressed the opinion that the positions selected for the defence were very sound and congratulated the platoon commanders on the methods they had used. One member of the attacking force succeeded in penetrating the defence. He concealed himself in a passing motor car (driven by a lady) and with a toy Tommy gun claimed as victims several senior officers of the defence before he was captured. Personal Items. j Mrs J. Robb has returned from a holiday visit to Wellington. Miss Stephens, who has been staying with Mrs E. Graham, at Levin, has returned to Greytown. Mr and Mrs S. C. Shedden and Mr and Mrs R. O'Neale have returned from a motor tour of Hawke's Bay and Manawatu.

Hookey Notes. For the second week Greytown teams had 2 wins out of 3 on Saturday.

The ladies' team which met Kia Ora was a much weaker one than that which met Excelsior last week; likewise the Kia Ora team was not at full strength. The local ladies had little difficulty, however, in scoring a comfortable win, owing to their possessing a better balanced combination. Kia Ora staged a number of movements, particularly on the left wing, which broke down owing to faulty forward work. The local team included two juniors who had their first day out in a match. In the circumstances they performed quite creditably. The win by the local seniors was pleasing in many ways. Excellent goalie work by Hobson carried the day for Greytown. On their showing, they should perform reasonably well against Old Boys, although, on the latter's showing against Carterton, they will be a hard team to beat. This 'much may be said, however, that the striving of the past 3 years is now bringing its reward; and as the local boys are in the fortunate position for the time being of having more than a team available, there is the added urge of competition for places. The custom now under way of practising and attending lectures is bearing fruit already. The Scouts in holding TDalefield to a 4-2 win, did very well indeed. They performed excellently, as their opponents are considered' the best junior team this year.

In the King’s Birthday tourney at Masterton, Greytown will be represented by six teams —2 in each of the grades.

The local players have no reason to be ashamed of their playing areas. The ladies' ground is definitely the best ground ip the Wairarapa at present. The Lansdowne grounds fall well below the standard which is conducive of good hockey. The surface is very uneven. and the grass is far too tufty. J understand, however, a move is on foot to remedy this.