WHY 45?
Sir,—Can you suggest any reason why .New Zealand should set the compulsory service age limit at 45 years, while Great Britain, with at least equally great obit gations, sets it -at 41 years?—l am, etc., t PUZZLED. Wellington, May 29, 1916. [New Zealand's age limit for active service lias been higher than that oi Britain, from the outset. The only reason that we • can suggest is -that the average man here is found to be fit for service at 45 v .whereas in England, where the conditions of life are not the same, he may not. "We must confess that thir does not sound very convincing.]
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2783, 30 May 1916, Page 6
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108WHY 45? Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2783, 30 May 1916, Page 6
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