NO RESTRICTION
ENLISTMENT OF MAORIS (P.A.) . Wellington, July 31. j Although members of the Territorial Force and other units, mobil- i ised for home defence, are now liable , for service overseas in accordance > with the recently gazetted regulations, , the Government does not intend to deviate from its original policy of voluntary enlistment as far as the Maori people are concerned. Maoris who have volunteered for service in New Zealand only will therefore, not be liable to serve overseas unless they wish to do so. The Minister in charge o( the Maori war effort, Hon. P. K. Paikea. received advice to this effect from the Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones. It is announced that no restriction is to be placed on the enlistment of Maoris in future—that is, they are to be permitted to volunteer either for service in New Zealand or for general service, and those who are enlisted for service in New Zealand only will have no liability for overseas service.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19420803.2.6
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 180, 3 August 1942, Page 1
Word Count
164NO RESTRICTION Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 180, 3 August 1942, Page 1
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in