THE CALL FOR MEN.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 3, 6 April 1916, Page 5

THE CALL FOR MEN.

MR MASSEY IN THfi WAIRAftAP

Per Press Association. I Masterton, April 4. | The Prime Minister had a busy trail in the Wairarapa to-day, when he de| livered six addresses on recruiting, A| Foathcrston, Martinborough and Car? terton members of the local bodiel were addressed in the afternoon, an<| a public meeting at Grey town Tn thi evening gave Mr Massey an enthusiast tic reception. ( I At Masterton the new Town Half was packed to the doors. Mr Huglj| Morrison occupied the chair, while oijj .the stage were Sir Walter Buchanan j Messrs Hornsby and Sykes. M.P.’sg and members of the local Rocruitinpi Board. Mr Massey said the Govern-I. ment were determined to give the* voluntary system a thorough and ex-« haustive trial. It had not failed yetjt Referring to the appeal to local bodies! for assistance, he said it was *lmpos-| sible to complete rolls without theirj aid. and whether the system was* voluntary or compulsory, the informa-i tion they could supply would be in-| valuable to the Board. He tnistedl that those who had volunteered fori branches of the service other than in-J fantry i^'puld, follow’ the lead of the| mounted men at Featherston camp, * who said they would serve where theyi were most needed. If men displayed? this spirit, there would be, no shoftagar in reinforcements for some time to come. The voluntary system appealed to him, and though it had secured men to defend us and to do justice to the country, there were tens of thousands of single men eligible whd had 1 not responded to the call. This was why newspapers and others were claniorhig for conscription. He said it was the duty of these men to offer their services to the country and? Empire,- Be believed in national service, arid wished the country to know it. Nothing mattered now but the war, ''and if those who had failed to volunteer Uere deprived of citizenship after the war, then serve them right. Mr T. M. Wilford, M.P., also spoke. The Premier and Mr -Wilford afterwards addressed thousands in the open-air, when they received a* jgreat reception. r - .j • # i » i ? f

Mi ./.JJSTIY

TROTTING ASSOCIATION'S ACTION-: \ oii t'ii* ■ NO LICENSES TO MILITARY elicibi.es. :• Christchurch, April 6. , At a meeting of the New Zealand Trotting Association it was resolved that no future*license to ride, drive, ,or train would be granted to any single person eligible for recruiting, and that it be an instruction to all* Trotting Clubs to obtain from ,tho local recruiting committee a certiffcate that the applicant is not eligible before endorsing the application.