MILITARY SERVICE ACT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16314, 22 August 1916, Page 8

MILITARY SERVICE ACT.

♦. ENROLMENT OF RESERVES.

PRIME MINISTERS APPEAL

DUTIES AND PENALTIES

As already staled, the fortnight for the enrolment of all men of military age tinder the provisions of the Military Service Act will commence on September 1. The Prime Minister, who is chairman of the Recruiting Board, has issued an appeal to every local authority in the Dominion to u.-e every means in its power during the enrolment period to impress on the men ■concerned the obligation that is cast upon them to enrol or notify any change of address, and to emphasise the serious penalTies that negle; t of this duty will bring upon them.

Mr Massey say? : — "I a-k yon and the i citizens associated with you in the govern- I merit of your district V- regard this a? a work of supreme national importance, and, ' during this enrolment period, to continu-I ously supplement the Board's publicity , campaign with meetings. spec, lies, and whatever other methods, seem to y..u do I sirable in order to secure a complete ami ' accurate register <:' th< reserve. Pleaso j make this ii N'at.ona! Fortnight, during- I which all efforts will he concent rat-- .' '-n •'lis work. ' wou!' 1 • :'. tenia lv i .\>r to .ids f-i' l . and \..ge > i to '.c.-oas- ■ it in <" -■ - v -"-The \-t oire.-t.fv and s,->-" lfi-ally east, oil 'he man himself '.!-.'■ or. !igati< —i t<-> e,.,0i ; t Vie has no -.'read- ,-, .-••dor,,. ~r i,, --utify his now address- it .if ' ..-. -hanged his place of a.-»,de sn .e m The »> irk th.<t L.<.s been done by v■crui' ' " i ! ~:r ; ' •-<-- .luring the jiast few m«'"ltu '". cori:ieetir/r, with t*"-<r rolls c.is ~.crt- •],. f -o\i ~i;ei, - Stat.stira.- nr . h .valuable infurmr/.ioi, with rcspp, c to men ; svho have not registered, or who have j changed their place of abode- >,-.' this, Mr. Ma-sey :-,,int« net. d..-»? not relieve these men . ' tbej; definite obligation under the Military Servu Act. They must themselves. by registered letter, send the Government Statist.cian an enrolment c a rd. or notify him of their new place of alxde. % as the rase may I.e. If they fail to do ><' after this warning the information now in the possession of the Government Statistician will be availed of to set the law in motion. The penalties for breaches of the Act are exceedinglysevere. and the Prime Minister states that they will be rigorously enforced.

The annual meeting of the X,u Z.;u;,..,j Kennel Club i.-. to be held in Wellington this week. Mr I '. '• — . delegate of the Auckland K. - -.-I CluL, i-.ft fur Wellington last nigr-t.