RECRUITING

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 March 1916, Page 3

RECRUITING

♦— MILLING OF LjLVI'N OOilAllTTJfili. A 11100 ling ol uu' Recruiting Uominitlco was .bold in tho Uorough Chambers on Saturday evening, imo Mayor ijjrc'SKiing, wliuii reports Irom tht> gfc>utie men m charge oi following districts •was submitted: — councillor Fiance, who with Oouu©lltor JV'wsoMa, is in oilargo oi tue iiurMi•w ustoi 11 portion u # Uiu lopo-r-----tod tnat ho had aluiosf compiou-d ins tttuvaws, U.at the majority ol the nion oi military ago in his cli.stiic-t were •tna-wiod, and uau y,oiing kunii'ies. i ney nowever, expressed thei-r -willingness to servo when the necessity arose lor taoir class to bo c.j.od up nndei sonic sett-led s«)iwiuo, such as 00111mila n. •xlioi o wore no other reports in Irum tin' injur quarters ol tue towii t Ou-t uu-de art 1 expeucod at an early (late w'lieu liioy will LiO pu liiisheil.. VAi'niKM.or laarvi y nas charge 01 tiu auiitn-eastern quarter j Gounciiloi the sou 111-western; and wuncuior 1 £ob*3l tson, liio uorWi-wusi-ern- , i .I'ixce-ik-nt work iuui been uone by ui(,su jjonfcleinou who had vciunteered id t-.iu.as:> the V\ irokmo Kidilig—-Ma-jor mulinson, ai-si.stid oy Mr Jus. MeliOavey- -who at tlie instance ol -Mr j\n ke-.tldie, worked l\ imlicrley and jiuiler road district, and have just cuiupicted a very exhaustive canvass, j. uey handed in an exhaustive report a.nii in a covering letter irom Major liui luisoli lie vunssed the laet mat tlie Wily he had been icceived by Lao | in particular, made his duties j lacec phasant. and .eonnrniocL his 'inpression of'the patriotism and soliMioi'i.iieo oi tile country seitluv audi ms coiino',or ilorriuk, who from Ins intimate knowledge wa* selected to worn, wio Horowheniia Village SoUloiueni, re-ported that he had wonted the w.nue oi that aiva by hansel and that iiis return was almost completed. iio said that the general idea was that the tune was ripe lor conscription. He also imported that lie obtained a oirraiiue hearing from all on whom try Couiioil'itJ 1 !' Hotter, in charge oi t-he liM-tviio'loiuew itoad, FairlicW', lleat-her-lea and Arapaepao road district, reiicris that he was assisted in his ei-. lorts by, ALr LUet(;lier (rojertea ior service) and Mr A. C. Mi.Douai.i. Uucd progress was made aild tne loih.wing completed their registration • cards tor present service. — Ji. M. i>ow, 1" airfield. F. H. Adhton, Fairfield. n in. IJuncati, IhaKara. : A. Andrews, lhakara. .i. 1 ,; . Ciawlord. JhaKara. j-ei'cy Ji. A. Curtis,_ .inakarn... Dour others also signified their intentions ol liHing ill their enrolment Muds and tney are expected to come to hand at an ourly date. Air Hotter reported that tney met in evea-y ease wttivjt'ho utmost good leeling. iVtr lv. >5." Voung, of uhau, who nas Hiice tlie eouuneiieement ol the war <ueen engaged as a gazetted recruiting officer, and: is now asistjng in the canvass of the Wirokino Hiding under the llecrui-tiiig Hoard's selioine, handed in two completed registration cards,

namely those of—V. S. JJarnett, of Ohau, A'luck It. Thompson, ot Ohau, who are both joining tlio l-sth llemforoemonts. tie also reported, that .stunley >S. (Saint was joining the non-com class -hoping t.» got ivwny ,with tlio 10th Reinforcements. .... lilie single men in his district are now sea roe. but the married mm, almost without exception, (state that nigy -would cheeriully do tlieir iincy i I called up undi r a compulsory system. Ho also eoiiiinontod on the good spirit with which euorts were met on > tlio part of thoise'he interviewed. • It was reported that Mr Douglas (.Jardner has undertaken to form a committee to work I'aiaKO and Koputaroa districts. Hliose gontlemen who were not pre sent at tllc meting aro requested to note tiiat a funnel' meeting, will be held at the Borough C'hamlbers on 6>aturday evening, Ist proximo, to receive further reports of committees. 'Ihe chairman complimented those present on the exceielnt work they liadi done and on tin; pubVie-minded way in which they elected to perform, a work which on the lace of it did not promise to be congenial. It wias resolved to recommend that the inßtruotions to canvassers at present on the Iwick of the enrolment can is bo replaced by particulars of serv ice, scale of pension, etc., aa it wae tUiought that Mien information would be ei more assistance of the canvasser.