Second Division.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 21 September 1917, Page 3

Second Division.

Th e abolition of the recruiting dis- | tricts established under the Military Service Act was announced in a Gazette extraordinary issued on the 18tb. The Minister of Defence explained that this step was necessary in view of the impending mobilisation o'f the Second Division. The married men have been classified according to the number of their dependents, and th?>y are to be balloted in their class. It is estimated that each clasß will produce enough recruits for about two of the monthly drafts. If the districts and the quota system were maintained in conjunction with -this classification tbe ballots would be complicated, without any corresponding advantage. The quota system would operate in one month, then the authorities would have to call up the balance of the class en bloc in tbe following month. No district would gain any advantage from the preservation of the districts under such conditions. The whole dominion ! will be treated as one district for the balloting of the Second Division. Men who reach military ag« after this month will pass into the forces, subject to medical examination, without ballot,,since there will never be enough of them to fill a draft. Mr Massey stated in the House last week that there would hardly be a ballot for Second Division men next month. It might possibly take place at the end of the month, but he did not think so. At any rate the men drawn would not be sent into camp until three months later.

TO VISIT AN OPTICIAN is absolutely imperative when the eyes are painful, swollen, reddened or watery. These are Nature's signposts that something is wrong. Very often, spectacles or eyeglasses will correct these irritations. My visual tests are scientifically made, and enable me to prescribe accurately if glasses are needed. HUGH NEILL, D.8.0.A., Glasgow Optical House, 249 George St., Dunedin.