CAMP JOTTINGS
Profits from the Canteen Camp commandants at Trentham, Burnham, Papakura, and Ngaruawahia have each received a cheque for £250 from the Canteen Fund. Thus the first £1,000 profit from the canteens Kas been distributed. Regimental funds will benefit from canteen profits and at regular intervals these profits will be distributed among the various units, to be used as the unit thinks best for the benefit of the men who spent the money. Arawa Tribe’s Generosity Maori officers and n.c.o’s in training at Trentham took part in a happy occasion last week when the Minister | of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones, presented to the Maori Battalion a radio set pre- | sented to them by the Arawa tribe. Mr. _ Jones was accompanied by Messrs. E. L. Cullen, M.P., D. W. Coleman, M.P., A. /F. Moncur, M.P., and W. T. Anderton, -M.P. Mr. Moncur said that he had been -asked by the Arawas to request the Minister to make the presentation. The radio set was for all members of the Maori Battalion. Mr. Jones, in handing over the radio set, referred to the splendid type of those who were to command the Maoris and he was sure that they aoe worthily uphold the past reputation and traditions of the Battalion. —
In asking Major Dittmer to accept thie. gift in trust for the benefit of all members of the battalion, he said that such thoughtfulness showed the interest being | taken by the Maoris in the welfare of their soldiers. After the presentation the Minister and the Members of Parliament met the officers and n.c.o.’s, who stated that they were all well satisfied with the attention they were receiving at Trentham. Camp Recreation A tennis court is to be put down for the use of the men stationed at North Head, Auckland. The Minister of Defence, the Hon; F. Jones, stated recently that the station at North Head was greatly in need of recreational facilities, He was pleased with the new recreation room which was recently built there, and he is sure that it is being appreciated by the men. Entertainment in the Field Mobile units for the entertainment of the men of the British Forces in the field have now arrived in France. This is part of the new scheme to keep the Tommies amused, but is a far greater organisation than that provided by the concert parties during the last war. Shows, concerts, and films were being given by the end of November. kal
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 25, 15 December 1939, Page 4
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