AVOID ARMY SERVICE
Men Register As Watersiders In Sydney INQUIRY BEING MADE Rec. 1.30 p.m. SYDNEY, this day. About 1000 men, who were registered as wharf labourers in New South Wales, worn in fact not wharf labourers at all but. had registered as .such to avoid military service, said the deputy-Director of .Manpower. Mr. ('. J. Uellcmore. They included number-; of bookmakers and bookmaker.-,' clerks. The manpower authorities could do nothing about these men because complete control over waterside labour had been vested in the Stevedoring Industry Commission. He had been assured, however, that the commission would inquire into the men's credentials. As a result of investigations made by the manpower authorities the number of tally clerks on wharves had been reduced by more than 25 per cent.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 123, 27 May 1942, Page 7
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127AVOID ARMY SERVICE Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 123, 27 May 1942, Page 7
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