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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20908, 13 September 1939, Page 8

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MEN FOR SERVICE HAMILTON MILITARY AREA 40 OFFICERB VOLUNTEER RECORD CLERKS BUSY TO-DAY With brave deeds of the Waikato Regiment in the Great War lingering in the back of their minds, young men in the Hamilton military area flocked to the colours yesterday to answer the call of the country for volunteers for active service at home or abroad. With enlistments In the district yesterday numbering 698 and about 20 further registrations in HamI ilton to-day and several other centres lin the district, the number of volunteers in the number four military area now numbers over 700. The number four military area extends from Mercer in the north to Owhanga, south of Taumarunui, in the south, and the detailed enlistments up to midnight yesterday are as follows: Hamilton .455 Te Kuitl i4g Other towns 95 Total for area 698 The number includes 40 officers and 554 other ranks. Additional men have been enlisted to-day, although activity was very quiet in Hamilton. Further Enrolling at Army Office From to-morrow the registration depot at the Drill Hall, in Knox Street, will not be open for taking further enlistments but men desiring to Joinup will be accepted at the Army Department headquarters in Knox Street, where a special room will be set aside for enrolments. To-day the outward activity was quiet, but behind the scenes in the army offices there was a hive of industry. Clerks, male and female, drawn from all walks of public service weer busily engaged at tables collating yesterday’* registrations. Indexing of enrolments, collating into different branches of the services, classes of experience already obtained, and other details which arc necessary before the names are forwarded to Wellington, all had to be attended to. Tables at the army offices were stacked high with papers and cards. It was evident tfiat GOVMBNH preparations for an emergency must have been thorough. During the rush hours yesterday, several prominent businessmen in Hamilton willingly gave their services to assist the Army authorities in the registration of volunteers. 'Hie work was under the charge of Major S. F. Allen and Captain W. P. Aldridge. FIRE AT NAIROBI MANY DOCUMENTS DESTROYED SECRET WAR PAPERS SAVED (InltHfi pr<»«« Assn.—Eler Tel. UopvrlfM) (Received Sept. 13, 3 p.m.) •CAIRO, Sept. 12 The secretariat buildings at Nairobi were burned out last night. All documents were destroyed except secret war papers. No indication of incendiarism has yet been found. WAR ITEMS 1 The United States Maritime Commission is calling tenders for 20 . 13.900-ton ocean freighters. • • • • It is officially announced that bread rationing will start in Germany, on September 25. Short Selling Advice has been received by the Wellington Stock Exchange that the Melbourne Stock Exchange has repealed as from today its short selling regulations, insofar as they to mining companies and bona fide arbitrage shares of any description.