RECRUITING BOARD

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2698, 18 February 1916, Page 6

RECRUITING BOARD

( MIRAMAR COUNCIL'S VIEWS,

At a meeting of the Miramar Borough Council, held last night, a letter was received from the Prime Minister relative to the work of the' Recruiting Board. The council agreed to support the Government in every way within its power, but was of the opinion that the exigencies of the military situation demand greater efforts than have been obtained by voluntary sen-ice, and that the ' Government should' establish an equitable system of compulsory service in/ the- Dominion.

ONSLOW SUPPORTS THE SCHEME.

At the meeting of the Onslow Borougl Council -last evening, the most important . discussion was in connection with i the "question of n-i\ruiting. Tho circulars,.' forwarded to all local bodies by the Recruiting Board, were, before th« meeting, together with a circular' letter from tho Mayor of "Wellington relating to tho same snbjcct. The Mayor, Mr. C. C. Crump, stated that lie had attended the recruiting meeting at. the Town Hall on Friday :last, and he gave a summary of the proceedings of the meeting, as , also of a subsequent meeting held during tho present week. His reading of tho position was that all the boroughs were represented on the Central Finauco Committee connected with the sclieme, bnt that every borough had to undertake its own canvassing for recruits. There would bo exponses connected with the campaign, and these would be met by every local body contributing proportionately. Speaking for himself, the Mayor said ho favoured compulsion, but he took it that tho duty of the council was to throw its weight into the-scale and render all possible assistance in tho campaign dccided upon. There could bo no doubt as to the patriotism of Onslow, and he knew that tho recruiting committees would find very little work to do there. every eligible young man in the borough hail enlisted.

, Councillor Budd agreed with tho Mayor that conscription was the fairest method. At this stage, however, the council's duty was to give the recruiting body all possible assistance. ; Councillor Dale moved: "That the council fall into lino with the views put forward in tho .Recruiting Hoard's circulars, and give the Central Recruiting Committee all the help possible." Councillor Palmer seconded, and after a full discussion the motion .was carried unanimously.