THE AGE LIMIT.
NO INTENTION OF REDUCING IT. s It has been suggested lately that there 3 was a possibility of the New Zealand :. Government adopting the British military age limit of 41 years. The report ■ was brought under the notice of Sir Jaß. Allen the other day. e "No." said the Minister, in reply to a the inquiry, "I don't think there is the i, slightest chance of our adopting the age s limit of 41 years. There are a fair numr ber of men of 45 years of age who are t thoroughly fit to serve, and I think we I should go on sending them. As I have | said already, we intend not to send away i men of 44 and 45 years of age unless they arc specially fit. But I do not d think we shall alter the age limit. We r shall merely stiffen up the medical exn amination for men of 43, 4*. and 46 gears of a§*f
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 May 1917, Page 5
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165THE AGE LIMIT. Taranaki Daily News, 31 May 1917, Page 5
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