TECHNICAL EXPERTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 September 1939, Page 7

TECHNICAL EXPERTS

£ FOR SERVICE IN BRITISH t! FORCES n ; APPLICATIONS INVITED ' IN NEW ZEALAND. '' CONDITIONS OF SELECTION. e (By Telegraph—Press Association.) n WELLINGTON, This Day. Arrangements for the selection and dispatch to England of various classes o of technical experts who wish to proe ceed to the United Kingdom with the _ object of offering themselves for military service there were announced last evening by the Acting-Prime Minister, e Mr Fraser. e “The New Zealand Government has received advice from his Majesty’s j. Government in the United Kingdom t that the policy in the United Kingdom e is to expand by means of a controlled t intake and that the British Government cannot, therefore, at present, ac- _ cept volunteers for either the infantry L or the artillery.” said Mr Fraser. He p added that it would, howevef, weli come certain classes of technical experts as follows:— For Naval Service.—(a) Telegraphists and signalmen artificers, scientists (electrical and wireless telegraphy), and skilled electrical workmen; (b) yachtsmen or ex-mercantile marine officers, suitable for R.N.V.R. commissions. For Military Service. —(a) Electricians, fitters, mechanics, instrument mechanics, and motor transport drivers; (b) officers with qualifications as above; (c) medical officers. “The New Zealand Government will take the necessary steps to arrange, on behalf of the British Government, for the selection and the dispatch to the United Kingdom of suitable personnel,” said Mr Fraser, “and any person who possesses the required qualifications and who desires to offer his services for this purpose is invited to apply, in the first instance, to the nearest army recruiting office. “Every person selected to proceed to the United Kingdom under this arrangement will be provided with free transport to the United. Kingdom, and will be guaranteed by the New Zealand Government at least the same treatment in respect of pay, allowances, and pensions as if he had enlisted -in the appropriate rank in the New Zealand Forces. Any adjustment in this connection over and above United Kingdom rates will be made in due course by payment in New Zealand. It will be understood that each case must be investigated on its merits, and that a medical examination will be required in those cases that are considered suitable. Applicants must, therefore, not assume that their services for this purpose have been accepted till they are advised of that fact, and they should in the meantime remain in their present occupations.” The following is a list of recruiting offices at which application should be made:— Northern Military District.-—Auck-land, Dargaville, Hamilton. Morrinsville. Paeroa. Rotorua. Tauranga, Te Kuiti, Whangarei. Central Military District—Dannevirke, Gisborne, Hastings, Hawera, Masterton, Napier, New Plymouth. Palmerston North, Petone, Stratford, Wanganui. Wellington. Southern Military District.—Ashburton, Blenheim, Christchurch. Dunedin. Greymouth, Invercargill, Nelson, Oamaru, Timaru, Westport.