CRUIT ENLISTMENTS.
To the Kditor. Sir—T sec by a letter of the 12th inst., signed Robert Aroa, stating that my references were a slur on Gruti people. Mr. Aroa should watch tin- land sales and see who is buying land at nearly £4O per acre for single sons and ask how many sons have enlisted before rushing into print. ][' he is as poor a guesser on the range as he is in giving the right numbers, he could not hit Mt. Egmont. Again 1 say Uruti has done its share, but Mr. Aroa does not give credit to Tangitu and Herelcapa for nobly sending their biggest landholders. The places are well over 12 miles from TJrnti, and they left their stock, etc., for neighbors to look after. So far as driving the recruiting officer around for their excuses, the officer lias all the r.ames in his book as to who is unfit and who has not enlisted. Strange all the young men who complain of sprained kn'ees, weak hearts, deafness, etc., since the war started! Others can't get their business fixed up. Others have gone away for change of address. Others say, "Father can't spare me!" Yes, you are right about one man sending three sons. Others have sent two, but others have three and have only sent one. Others who have them eligible have sent none. If the recruiting officer comes he will he able to see for himself who are in cosy billets enjoying the fireside at .night. Let him.take a stroll over Mt. Messenger and see three brothers, none of whom have enlisted. A little further he may see brothers enjoying good health and who say they cannot leave their farm, while one of their neighbors has two brothers wound'ed. Some withdrew their sons when they enlisted. Those are the people your local seems to have hurt most.—l am, etc., PLAIN TALK. Uruti, April 1.7.
To the Editor. Sir, —In our conversation, I simply said I knew of a fanner who had four or five sons and had not sent any to the front. T did not mean it for Uruti. as the Uruti people take it. They have done real well. I see a reply signed "Uruti Settler." This gentleman is making a boast of how he replied to it. The same gentleman is one of the party it was jneant for. He has been telling this story for twelve months about trying to get to the front. If that is so he should be the last to answer letters on such a subject, It would be more credit for him to be carrying a rifle and helping the Uruti lads and old England. "Old Busybody," as he calls me, does not complain of a weak heart like he does, and is doing his duty for the men at the front, as well as the Uruti lads. Wishing them all a safe return, to be able to tell some of the shirkers what they have gone through,—l am, etc., " OLD KUSY*ODY."
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 June 1916, Page 7
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505CRUIT ENLISTMENTS. Taranaki Daily News, 22 June 1916, Page 7
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