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New headquarters at Trentham Military Mobilisation Camp. Tlie camp commandant (Lieut.-Colonel H. D. McHugh, M.C., N.Z.S.C.). and his staff have their offices in this building, which is on Camp Road. Tesla Studios Photo. Flying-Officer D. C. G. Clinkard. eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H Clinkard, of St. Johns Hill Wanganui, who was killed during air operations on Friday. He was 24 years of age. (Evening Post, 11 March 1940)
i "Evening; Post" Photo. At the track and field championships at the Basin Reserve on Saturday, when New Zealand's leadingathletes assembled to contest Dominion titles. Top left, the Governor-General, Lord Galway, with the Hon. W. E. Parry and the Hon. P. Fraser. Above, past New Zealand champions who were the guests of the Wellington Centre and who took part in the parade of athletes. Extreme left, P. F. Sharpley, winner of the 120yds hurdles, on the victory stand with L. C. Woodward and C. R. Bradwell, who finished second and third respectively. Left, V. P. Boot taking the oath of amateurism from a dais on behalf of the assembled athletes. (Evening Post, 11 March 1940)
Gordon McCusker Photo. The Deputy Prime Minister (the Hon. P. Fraser) and Major-General J. E. Duigan, C.8., D.5.0., supported by ratings from H.M.S. Achilles, at a recruiting meeting in Blenheim on Friday. Also in ■ the group are Lieut.-Colonel W. T. Churchward, E.D., LieuL-Colonel L. C. Chaytor, M.C.9'V.D., Mr. F. B. Lloyd, R.S.A., and Mr. E.Meachen,M.P. (Evening Post, 11 March 1940)
Sport and, General" Photo. An underground tunnel built for Judge Jeffreys as a secret way of escape from his enemies has been turned into an air-raid shelter for a London girls9 college. It leads from the cellars of St. George's College, Red Lion Square, in which Judge Jeffreys lived 260 years ago. Jeffreys used this tunnel to: escape from London when William of Orange came to the throne, but was later caught. (Evening Post, 11 March 1940)