MILITARY SERVICE ACT
THE ' BItLOT. (UNITBD PRJB!|S ASS9CIATION.) ' J* • ' ''; WELLINGTON, deft 1. Mr Fraser, Government Ktatrstician, estimates the/number-of .men who should be on the roll of'the,Expeditionary Force Reserve at -whereof 183,680 have already > applied for ' enrolment' , The balance prdbably includes a,, large number of men -who''arte t already in camp.'.Steps will,be taken to trace defaulters and bring them to book. .„ s -. " , ,'"' At present, Mr Fraser as .concentrating his energies on' getting everything in readiness to hold -ai early, ballot, ,if'jie-, cessary at the end of the 'present' month, to fill shortages in ,the Twenty-first and Twenty-Second Reinforcements./-, ~ Rolls for districfe gazetted last week arejbeing prepared, but it would foe -jossible to take'a ballot, if required, wifclTout waiting for' .the completion of these rolls.- , -.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 2 October 1916, Page 2
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123MILITARY SERVICE ACT Nelson Evening Mail, 2 October 1916, Page 2
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