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A RECRUITING SCHEME

TO-BE: GIVEN EARLY' TRIAL STATEMENT. BY" MR: MASSETT ; ANf APPEAL TO WAVERERS !A! rooruitmg aohame is, shortly to ,be giyeaija. awitras. trial by the* Government.;;* Details -aw -not; yet:"available, but it ; based-; on -the -eohemo adopted in-Ireland-ill conjunotiotiiwith XokL Derby's*-. effort ;in: England.:ln Ireland local government is important and is thoroughly well*'organised on a homogeneous plan throij®hout .tie .country, -tile] Hist, xeciuituig: scheme use was mado of the local. lwaies; In /New Zealand also local government is well organised, and use, to be made .of the members -of governing _ bodies throughout the country. 11l one standing feature the methods.followed in Ireland are similar.-to' those adopted hore—the men are asked not to leave their civilian occupations until they join the colours. " . , ' A: statement regarding the Government's intentions, and an appeal; t-o waverers - not to ■' postpone their entry - into camp until after .tlie holidays, was Uiadei by the Prime Minister (tlio 'Right . Hon. W. : F. Massey) last night. "The' Government lias 'in preparation W' scheme, intended to bring _ into' exist- : ence a well-organised recruiting movement," said Mr.Massey. "Members of I local-bodies will be asked to . assist, and ; the services of their representative ■men j mill.:b9\utilised. No part.'of'the-Do l ,l minion and no section of the community •will.be neglected. Without the .. information'supplied by the war census ".a Bcheme such- as is contemplated, would iiardly. bo possible, though I need hardly say that anything in the nature of a breach .of confidence will be avoided.' ■ petails will be. made public in'due course, and the scheme will be put. into operation early in the New Year. '■'For the first time, partly, -I think, owing to the approach of the holidays, we are having a certain amount of difficulty. .in .filling ..up..-a reinforcement draft' at the proper ,date. The'seriousness of the war has now been brought home to this and every part of the Empire Good men are needed, and in : spite of the pessimistic forebodings, which are sometimes hinted. at rather than plainly' expressed. I am confident .■that the citizens of New Zealand .will -, maintain the reputation for loyalty and' capacity to make sacrifices, for the Imperial.cause which they have- built lip since the beginning ,of the war. "Men are jwaiited, and wanted "at once. I ask .the boys who intended to .'"go:;-in iwitli the 11th Reinforcements this. week, "and who' I now.-hear have been wavering on. account; of the. attractions of the 'holidays, to do their duty ..under the circumstances that have arisen. ' I ask them to play the. game,' and to Vplay it in 1 serious and deadly : earnest; so that viotory in 1 the .fight maj. ; come to' our side. I ask their parents and relatives—and I:know- that in' this I anr asking a lot—hot to' place any difficulties in' the .way, 'but to", seize the. < opportunity' of: assisting . the Imperial .'oauso in the greatest crisis that British citizens have ever been, called upon to face." \' ;. '. ' /

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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2644, 15 December 1915, Page 6

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A RECRUITING SCHEME Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2644, 15 December 1915, Page 6

A RECRUITING SCHEME Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2644, 15 December 1915, Page 6

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