THE NEAR EAST.
“CLEAR THE LINES.” A FALSE ALARM. Wellington, Last Night. “The news which came to me yesterday was not reassuring,” remarked Mr Massey when he was asked to-day by the leader of the Opposition if he had further information regarding the Near East complication. The Premier aroused expectations by mentioning tha ttath ons by mentioning that at that time early in the afternoon there was word of a “Clear the line,” on the cables, so that he might have news to communicate. He was not anxious to be an alarmist, but if there was anything reassuring he would be glad to let the House and the country know it. So far the Government had not asked a single man to join the military forces. At intervals during the day the Premier was privately asked what was the news, and he finally had to explain that the important cable which had “cleared the lines” had nothing to do with the war situation. The Miniser for Defence mentioned that the recruiting ’ total to date was 853 officers, 12,156 men, 394 nurses and 11 chaplains, a' total of 13,414.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2486, 28 September 1922, Page 3
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188THE NEAR EAST. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2486, 28 September 1922, Page 3
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