SLACKNESS IN RECRUITING
CAUSE: CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
"Well, it is Christmas," said tho Prime Minister yesterday, in reply to a question about the slackness in recruits ing. "The Defence authorities are of opinion that-' the present slackness in recruiting'-is owing to the near approach of tho Christmas holidays, and that when tho holidays are over matters. will get back to normal again." Mr. Allen, the Defence Minister, said that a spurt in enlistments for the infantry for the month of December was needed. LATEST ENLISTMENTS. The following men who. enlisted in Wellington have been passed as medically fit:— Ernest Fitch (Infantry). Geo. H. Trafford, miner, Puponga (Miner). .-: Alfred P. Ponting, farmer, City (In-, fautry). . Allen Maddock, shepherd, City (Mounted). John Cummings, shearer, Oitj (Mounted). ; Norman Matheson, miner, City (Engineers)'. -. "• John 'W. Wilkinson, City (A.S.C.). Henry Ernest Smith, labourer, City (Infantry). . Leo Brown, labourer, Lower Hutt (Infantry).- ' r-
Henry Chapman, labourer, City (Infantry).
Chas. Edward Ramsden, railway employee. City (Ambulance). Cecil J. E. Hannah (Artillery). Harold Gordon Thomson, miner, .Island Bay (Mounted). John Green,. Bushman, City (Infantry). . , 1 . Edwin A. Blacklin, chemist, City (Signallers). _ " linesman,. Berhampore'(Specia;l Service).' ' ' Thos. E. Gray, clerk, Timaru (Artillery).,. . .. , Geo. Kells, clerk,' Timaru (Ambulance). . . Wm. D. Matheson, guard, Somes Island (Mounted). " John M'Arthur, seaman, City (Infantry). , , . Tlios. Hallen,, City (Infantry). Albert : James i Armstrong, Carterton (Infantry).. .. Wm. Gilchrist, plumber, Newtown (Artillery.)., Cha's. Stanley Russell, clerk, ' City (Artillery). , ' . Wm. Hunter, cook, City (Mounted). . Richard' Robinson, clerk, Hataitai (Artillery). \ ... Ivan-W. Wingate, student,. City (Infantry). ■ ' ' 1 • Frank Wooler," clerk, Hataitai (Artillery)^ Cecil' Richard. Taylor, farmer, 'Ormondvillo (Infantry). - Victor . Richard- Robinson, railway cadet, Newtown (Mounted). . Arthur James Linch, seaman, - City (Infantry).- - Joseph Barber, - railway cadet, Plimmerton (Mounted).
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2632, 30 November 1915, Page 8
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275SLACKNESS IN RECRUITING Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2632, 30 November 1915, Page 8
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