VOLUNTEER WORKERS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2588, 9 October 1915, Page 6

VOLUNTEER WORKERS

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--work consequent ■upon the ..departure of; large, numbers of Reinforcements and a new regiment, : combined ;ivith*-.the number of troops arriving and to • arrive > back from the front, the Rocord Branch of .the Defence Department is now. one of "the most' actively employed iu; .the. service. .:Recently ii:call was maide' for volunteers to ; assist!in keeping the .various records ■;iipUo-da'te,y , -:aud','at^y , ;. : sisty.\helperß. have answered the call. , Mrs. . Algar ! Williams has ' organised; a section of tweuty nadies'lto do clerical ''work be'tween lO a.m. and 1 p.m., and. 2 p.m. iand 5 -p.m:, whilst. ' Mr. Verschaffelt,' Secretary to 'the,, Public Service Commissioner, . has guaranteed id Find, twenty clerks to carry ;<ki,tlie..work v in'., the evening. .. : - • Mr. Von Haast states , that it was intended at first that business men and members ]'ofVtlieir .staffs should offer, assistance /for.Hliis -work:,in tho .after-; 'noons, hut the: rosponso to Mrs. Wil-. •'liams's . call ' for/lady'.-workers, has been so good that it will not bo necessary to call busy, men away from their usual occupations for .the .present.- A start will bo in ado by the... volunteer helpers on Monday next, f .. . . ..