Thousands Fail To Register For Essential Work
Press Assn. Wellington, Last Night.
Concern at the number of failures to register for employment in work of national importance was expressed to-nighl by the Minister of Industrial Manpower, the Hon. A. McLagan. Statistics compiled in the National Service Department revealed that only 21,000 of 26,000 women aged 20 to 21 years who should have registered had done so. Approximately 6000 men aged 46 to 51 years had similarly failed to register Present indications pointed to a similar evasion by many of the 22 to 23-year-old women who were called on to regis- j ter on August 10. "This position is serious," said the Minister, "and it means there are some thousands of men and women who are not prepared to do their share in the winning of the war. This attitude cannot be tolerated and steps are being prepared to make a comprehensive check on all persons who have failed to register, There have not been many prosecutions for failure to register so far, but the number is likely to increase rapidly in the near future if no considerable and early improvement occurs in the registration figures of these classes."
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 August 1942, Page 2
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