OUR CAMP

Papakura Parade, Volume 1, Issue 5, 1 May 1944, Page 1

OUR CAMP

. . Soon after the - outbreak of the War it ■ v-’as decided to establish a large camp rea’ n luckhand for ■ the purpose of training Re inf src clients ano.-' othery-- ■•' ••-' troops -end also to have- ready ' a -mobP force goo . that in- case of invasion troops would ;, -Jc/ immediately available for’ toe defence of the City. (Xing to its nearness to the city , on good. roads ay jh-rail; : a.y, and -its' proximity' to the Last .and West Coasts, lapakurawas .-elected as a suitable site.’-yg ; 'yp’ ./i •-W The land mas. a. coni from the- lx del. lone. family •• who, it is interesting to note iac ... occupied ••■’ it since 18? pp .; The P.W. D. immediately :’le t./contiuris lei’ the ’ construction of Heads ter. s and U C ,: blocks nnd the pork rs. p’.’fjhcd. on ’. ; ith the utmost «neod. ■ The erection of U B“ .and i! D u Blocks, LIT wbrks.uc_, Post Office Cinema, Institutes and I'd ter th a- Camp T -ibrri’: oi.ld’g ed. - The large garage, and extension', to-./ he .HT, . workshops were built early in 'Lft-l. Tl? r \ ack nni? trative . buildings .of a o :s Block ere cm 3ted”"ip/.record timein Dec. 182,1-1 by a' company of fT.'d.'/Bngirnor-fT,/ '.'"'J The cons true ion. of roads, d fairs . .nd .--Parade- . -■-- ■Grounds kept race v.-ith the bull lings - and 1 ' all- snare ground vas laid dovn in lamp. . The . oinam.cnt.al tre'es and shrubs •.’ere donated b.; the lucklahu-Cik- Council • ' The general appearance of the Ca.p with . its vcllkept lawns and tidy buildings is plea si ig and ir- : pressiV-e. ..and -in- occ-upa-ti