GENERAL BELL GREETS "PARADE"

Papakura Parade, Volume 1, Issue 3, 15 March 1944, Page 1

GENERAL BELL GREETS "PARADE"

■ I am glad to have this bop or tunity of wishing . - \ access to the rapakura Camp iaaga.hixwj as a camp jour. nal f its object must 'be to assist in its modest wiy to [win the War. .It must not be, used to further any settlor/ al ox* individual inherests ? or to pass pre? rat ions-1 [f or', winning the Tallin order to lay ■ foundation's T-?? " J •what will hoppen when the War is won c Important t :touyr [those foundti :ns are, they cannot be permitted to in- L t erf ere in any way with the object for will ch Papakura; Camp was established A, to prepare men to rake their d [places in the fighting forces,, -.- -* ' ! j i niter a long period s*f Allied successes and, as [the fighting front recedes further and. the •Z from ■our shores, we are inclined to lose sight of the Natiorf tel effort .and concentrate on the furtherance of our j individual interests and provision for our own comforts land conveniences., Nothing could be more damaging to ( jthe National Plan which, of course, is only one small I {part of a. complete Allied. .Plan o There, can be only one plan for N,Z-« part in the warm and that plan 'must be ■ [formulated by one Supreme uthoritv which has access to all evant'information much of which being Sen- ! ret is known only to the Government ? s rio/t intimate ! advisers., IV any Section of the community thinks it has a better plan and seeks to implement it and s by obstr',c

'Jon. ’notion o?? otherwise endeavours to force trie C-rOu., e?:n^enS from .1 ts/ determined coursts,, then that section ~ . is? definitely interfering with- the: • prosecution of the War and emhairaseing this country' in’. : is relations with v.he. ho the 0 cun nry o other Lcm Inions' and. our Allies.; t x'f-az’ there Is grave danger of ’our thoughtlessly permitting the real ipsue io oeocme obscuredj^The vs.?' R- far from won - and unless it is won there is a sorry S' future before? this dountry,, 11 cannot, he won without universal and combined effort--, 'which in turn involves -personal sacrifice and personal ha rds hip.<.h \ • ■ ■ ■ ' T u-ths get Jingoistic again — past progress has eLown that therms ' something to it and T refuse to believe that, there is no longer such a Thing as Love of ”c cun ary-We arc all prepared to suf fer for what we j ! 'va-. ”11 a; j. consistency . then let us set -on .with the Var~end have done with it -for the sake of cur county ur-fßir Ccfxuien wlv.» nupeftp live/ in. It in. happiness and /• jig' c .<? s , v/ien Peac-a.. comose • . . 1- earnestly hope That the IPapakura Parade” will . .. . a <« T v9 foster that, ar-.m. . ■.'■'■■ . J Good buck., ' (Sgd;.) P. dm or-General «-♦ TV <=> ~ c=« -•» f-> ru> S J ca •-•» =- •=» CT s=> -e €.•» «r- C.- ■•> ~