Ready For Winter
will be finished at Trentham and tents will be things of the past. During the coming winter all men in camp will be housed in comfortable hutments. Fourteen of the new buildings | were taken over by the men of the 2nd Echelon before they went on leave before Easter. These new huts have gone up as if by magic. Each stands on concrete piles to allow for good ventilation beneath the floor. The walls are put together in one whole piece, lying flat. Then the whole thing is raised and put into position in one operation. Eyen the window frames are completed before the wall is raised to its permanent position. Between the weather-boarding and the match-lining of each wall is a layer of tarred building paper, to make for greater warmth and to prevent draughts. There are eight double windows to each hut, each window opening outwards on hinges. Smaller ones above the large windows allow for ventilation during in- | clement weather. Each hut is divided into two parts, with accommodation for 20 men in each partition, Between those partitions there are two cubicles for sergeants on one side, and a large box-room on the other. Here, in this box-room, the men are able to store their private belongings until their departure from New Zealand, when all personal clothing must be returned to the soldier’s home. The interior of each hut is painted a light warm colour, the ceiling and overhead beams white. Outside walls and roof are in two shades of green. Ultimately all buildings in the camp will be painted in this colour, to give a uniform effect. This will also have the effect of brightening up the present drabness of the other buildings. Plans for the new headquarters mess room have been drawn up. This will be in three sections and will accommodate the officers, sergeants, and other ranks of the Camp Headquarters’ staff. It will occupy a vacant space near the entrance to the camp, but not the grassed space in front of the present headquarters building. There will be a tennis court in front of the new mess room. B: the end of March, 32 new huts
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 40, 29 March 1940, Page 4
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366Ready For Winter New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 40, 29 March 1940, Page 4
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