NO CONSCRIPTION
HOME GUARD UNITS (By Telegraph.—Press Association) INVERCARGILL, Wednesday There is no official suggestion of conscription for membership of the Home Guard or for Emergency Precautions Scheme work, according to the Minister of National Service, the Hon. R. Semple. Enrolments for the Home Guard in New Zealand now total 70.000 and within the next few weeks it is expected that membership will reach 100.000. “With 100,000 armed members of the Home Guard in various parts of the country and a strong force of trained Territorials, there will be a good defence organisation in Now Zealand.” stated the Minister. The c-uggtestion had been made that in vulnerable areas, where an* invasion was more likely to take place, members of the district Home Guard should be drilled and equipped by the Army Department to bring them to the highest standard oi efficiency,
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Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21363, 6 March 1941, Page 6
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141NO CONSCRIPTION Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21363, 6 March 1941, Page 6
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