A Wellington telegram states that
tha registration of youths between the aiges of 11 and 21, under the new defence scheme, is not proceeding as rapidly aa tha Defence Department desires, and' an active campaign is to lie con.menced a,t once, with the object of quietening 1 the pace of enrolment. Area officiers and brigade majors are to be sent into the highways and by ways of tho country districts to explain tliQ scheme, and in Wellington city and suburbs area sergoants are to maike a. hcusei-to-house canvass to induco young 1 men to enrol. 'Die total number of youths reg-istovexl up to the and! of last weeik in the Wellington mili-tary distr'idb, exchisHle of Taranaiki, the figures for that district not being available, was 2211.
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Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10352, 28 April 1911, Page 4
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