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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 September 1939, Page 6

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RECRUITING FOR SPECIAL FORCE HUNDREDS OF APPLICANTS IN CHRISTCHURCH. QUEUE WAITING IN MORNING. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. This Day. Recruiting for New Zealand’s special force began at 9 a.m. today, when there was a queue of more than one hundred young men waiting. Throughout the morning applicants arrived in a steady stream and were put through at the average rate of one hundred an hour. At noon there had been 301 enrolments and applicants were still corning forward. TARANAKI FIGURES (By Telegraph—Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day. Up till noon today 220 enlistments for military service had been received at three Taranaki offices, 120 at New Plymouth, 60 at Hawera and 40 at Stratford. AUCKLAND- MUSTER OVER A THOUSAND MEN , •. ASSEMBLE. NO EXCITEMENT OR BRAVADO. AUCKLAND. This Day. Over 1.000 men, a sprinkling being Territorials in khaki, queued outside the Drill Hall this morning to enlist in the special voluntary military force. The men were of all types within the age limit of 21 to 35, some in sports attire, others in artisans’ overalls, Maoris in smart suits, other in lumber jackets. There were clerks in well ■ tailored clothes, contrasting with the rough workaday outfits of manual workers. Some of those offering were over age or too young and were turned back by the sergeant at the Drill Hall door. There was no excitement, no bravado and no noise. A more prosaic and matter of fact scene it would have been difficult to imagine. HUNDREDS OF RECRUITS BUSY SCENE IN WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, This Day. A splendid response by the young men of Wellington to the call for volunteers for military service, within or outside New Zealand, was indicated by a busy scene at the Drill Hall this morning. An efficient organisation is dealing with hundreds of men who are offering and registration has been going ahead steadily at a high speed. An officer states that the men are of a first-rate type and they represent every section of the community. The medical examination commences tomorrow,, with a schedule to deal with some 500 men daily. .MASTERTON’S RESPONSE NINETY-FOUR RECRUITS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SPECIAL MILITARY FORCE. At 2.15 o’clock this afternoon it was stated that 94 recruits had been enrolled in Masterton and others were still coming forward. The enrolments are for the special military force.