FEMININE INVASION.

29th : the Voice of the 29th Battalion, Volume 1, Issue 9, 18 July 1943, Page 4

FEMININE INVASION.

■- ■'PUSH •telegraph’ had thing on tho 29th Pet-'"' tolion when nows of the impending ,arrival of 'a ■ < ' ■ .-.party of W®AoAlCts...'rßach d'horo on Friday.l For .- ..hours before'the; party arrived, .mon : . slipped ' ' away '-from their jobs, end th. road .was 'lined ■ -■ rift' crowds -of men c ger "to catch first glirapes : - ". •‘X’-b-’f those .rarities /Jew Zealand women. ■ ...... ■/. ■ Aifrien .they ■’ eventually ..arrived here, the girls ■ d abuse' and were ectfed '-to the candid 3 .-crit-..' . • icul;g~ z e*‘ of' half the BattalionT ? ' '• : ■ A quick, whip round --HaQ.', Company produced /suf-fipie At J. messing gear for a’ ’’Dan’s /.Spec ial'N ' -V • After, mess'...the girls mixed with a few of our . lads and*.found ,a.' number o f. old friends - well, at least judging by the fond .farewells and osc- ? ulations •’afterwards we hope they-were OLD pels, , Hats off -to the Padre who pounced on the i prettiest .of the bunch to the intense annoyance ;■ of. major Reas® Later the Padre emoted to use ;• ■ the well“Vpm excuse of "just my cousin”. The •'■C.'Co did well for himself also - two well in '' .facto . .. : , ’ : ■ For many it-was their first trip away from ;>L r New Zea land. 9 - and they were keen to learn about c-his-; "beautiful" country. Snow Skinner’s little • friend'is reputed to .have paid. "How 1 would . love-.to, see y a mo.squi.t.os-"I; have never s«en one " before' •Another fell in-love with the nicouli ' trees and .has carried'away a cutting to plant . in her garden. yl' ” - L '' . 'j- .• •, ■■ ...... /;■ £.• x. „.. ... . ■ - | •