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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 October 1940, Page 8

The drawing of a woman in the ballot under the National Service Regulations was revealed by the purging of the list by the Rotorua Army Office to remove the names of those already serving with the territorials or with the overseas forces. The woman concerned had a Maori Christian name, so that the mistake was not readily obvious. She received a registration certificate posting her to the first division of the general reserve, either due to an official error or to a mistake when the original social security form was filled in, but evidently she did nothing at that time to have the error rectified. An offer from the North Canterbury Federation of Women's Institutes to provide country holidays for Hie children of New Zealand soldiers serving overseas was enthusiastically received by the executive of the Christchurch branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association. The institute in a letter said that many of its members were anxious to entertain children of soldiers who would otherwise not be able to have a country holiday, and asked for the assistance of the association in making its arrangements. The president. Mr D. W. Russell, will attend the conference of the federation on October 19, when arrangements will be discussed. Members of the executive agreed heartily with Mr J. D. Godfrey, who said: “This is a good way of doing something for the men overseas. It is a very fine idea."