"THE LAST MAN.”
Welling!on, July 1
Sir James Allen said (o-dny that the Government was of the opinion that it was absolutely essential tlml production should be maiulaiuod its nearly its possible nl (lie present, standard, in order to safeguard the finances of Ihe Dominion. As a necessary corollary, Hie Government recommended (hat the last man should be ret.■lined on each I a nn, provided Ihe Military Service Board considered such relent ion essential, and provided that, neither by subdivision of Ihe farms nor by other mentis shall there ho evasion as to wheat-growing. The Military Service Boards have been advised to particularly consider the exemption of teamsters, and grant sine die leave if satisfied that such men will be used for wheat-growing, imposing at the same time the condition that these reservists must engage in wheat production while so exempted. Ministerial re-statement was made because the policy of the Government was not clearly understood in all portions of the Dominion.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1849, 6 July 1918, Page 3
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