DEFENCE FORCE

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20953, 4 November 1939, Page 6

DEFENCE FORCE

RANK OF OFFICERS EXAMINATION RESULTS SECOND BATTERY SUCCESSES {Special to Tlniea) AUCKLAND, Saturday Results of examinations held in August for first appointment to commissions are announced in a New Zealand Army order. Some of the successful candidates, who are serving in the special force and in territorial units mobilised since the declaration of war, have already been gazetted as officers. The list of successful candidates from Auckland and provincial units is as follows; Mounted Rifles Auckland (East Coast) Mounted Rifles.—Sergeants A. C. Yeoman, K. G. Dee. Waikato Mounted Rifles.—Sergeants A. J. Laing, T. M. Paterson. New Zealand Artillery Fourth Field Battery.—L/Sergeants W. S. Bent, N. McK. Gibson, M. B. Trower. Second Medium Battery.—Sergeants I. T. Y. Johnston, J. McCreadie. 21st Field Battery.—L/Sergeant W. G. Hardcastle. 20th Light Battery.—Sergeants C. S; Every and L. Clark. 13th Heavy Battery.—Sergeant J. T. Molloy, Bombardiers W. H. Blyth, A. G. Smith. 18th Anti-Aircraft Battery.—Sergeant C. S. Maguiness. Ist Field Company, New Zealand Engineers.—L/Sergeant D. V. C. Kelsall. Infantry Ist Battalion, Auckland Regiment. —Corporals S. N. S. Crump, G. T. Upton, P. R. Pike, S. E. Foot, J. B. Oliphant. New Zealand Scottish.—Sergeant E. C. Laurie, Corporals B. R. Henderson, M. G. McAlpine. Ist Battalion, Hauraki Regiment.— Corporal D. M. Galloway. Ist Battalion, Waikato Regiment.— Sergeant A. G. Morris, Corporal W. L. Carter. „ MAORI RECRUITS MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS On Monday 65 of the 8G recruits for the Maori Battalion in the No 4 military area will go before medical boards to be medically and dentally examined. The boards will sit at Huntly, Hamilton, Te Awamutu, Otorohanga, and Te Kuiti. The number of recruits in the No 4 area has been increased to 1374 SOLDIERS’ MESS HOPU HOPU CONDITIONS MINISTER’S ARRANGEMENTS (Special to Times) WELLINGTON, Friday Arrangements for the* cooking of food at Hopu Hopu Military Camp, Ngaruawahia, to which the Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. A. Hamilton, referred following his visit this week, were commented on by the Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones, in an interview this evening. Mr Hamilton said he would take up with the Minister the question of cooking arrangements. The provision for cooking was inadequate for the number of men to be served and the position was serious enough to warrant his bringing it before the Minister. Mr Jones said tonight t’.xat he had not yet received Mr Hamilton’s representations. “One of the difficulties so far as Hopu Hopu is concerned is that the facilities for cooking are not just as good as we would have liked them to be,” Mr Jones said, “but opinions that have been expressed to me by other people who have been there are that the transfer of half the forces to the new Papakura camp during the next few days will relieve the situation. There should not be any further complaint in respect of the rations or food that the men receive.” The Minister said that the cooks at the Hopu Hopu Camp were working under difficulties and had done their best under the circumstances. The transfer of men was starting immediately, and would continue for the next few days.