GREAT MOVEMENT ANTICIPATED.
PREPARATIONS FOR GREAT INFLUX OF WOUNDED. SCHOOLS AND INFIRMARIES FILLED AS HOSPITALS. (Received 10.20 ajn.) LONDON, March ID. Signs of the redemption of Lord Kitchener's promise that "the war will l legin in May," are now becoming apparent, and it is evident that preparations : are in hand for a great extension in the movement. • One of these is that the War Office is fitting up throughout the Kingdom ■ schools, infirmaries, workhouses, and asylums as hospitals, in anticipation of ) a. great influx of wounded. ) Another indication of ■%?. urgency of the present preparations is that the ; Miners' Federation has received an appeal from Lord Kitchener to limit the . Easter holidays to one or two days, adding that the curtailment of the output . might lead to veritable disaster. Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P. for Derby, addressing the railwaymen, declared that the censorship is responsible for workers not fully understanding the \ occurrences at the front. It is certain that now that the workers are brought face to face with all that is involved, they wil] give their best work to ensure that the lives of their sons fighting shall not be unnecessarily sacrificed
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 68, 20 March 1915, Page 5
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192GREAT MOVEMENT ANTICIPATED. Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 68, 20 March 1915, Page 5
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