Nobody to Leave

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 January 1917, Page 4

Nobody to Leave

j EVERY MA.N WANTED. I MINISTER'S FllliM STAND. ' During Jiis tour of Wwikato the Min- ; i.siter of Internal Affairs (Hon. G. W. | Russell) made it very clear that no J niani eapa'blb of doing half-a-diay's I work, whetiier lit for military service 1 or not, would bo allowed to leave the l>omiuio'n under aiiyt pretext whatever. While at Te Awamutu later Mr liussell was approaclie : d by a man of 47 years of age fw a pcfrmit to leave for America,, in order to bring home his wife, who was an invalid, and atraid of travelling across alone. The applicant offeu'ed to deposit a bond for iC'IOO as a- guarantee of his return within three months. The Miniater lii-,nily refused tiro re)quest, pointing out that not a man could be spared from the country. It was possible, ; should lie grant 'the application that

• the services of another man woulkl be , .requisitioned to 'fill /the applicant's * pl'aee 'whilo away. He repeated j that there was no hope of any man eligible for service, either foreign or home, getting away from the Domin- ■ ion on any pretext whatever.