NO RECRUITS.
'-' i'ItUITIiESS T WHS TY-FOCR c v ■." "" IHOURS. SIGNS OE SLACKNESS. '. During , "the 24 hours" since the publica- - turn of the " Star"' yesterday not a single volunteer has. been accepted as fit at the Central Recruiting Station. Three men visited the station yesterday "afternoon, two. being definitely rejected, -and one -deferred, but no fresh volun-
teers disturbed the quiet of the building this morning. It has been remarked in the past tliat aiL.Allied reverse is a better feenntihg agent'than an-Allied success, and it bias certainly seemed to be j^. Ciuring. the last fe«~ "weeks. The pre"sebElcaoriQi bids fair to be the -swjnjfconreewd,as-will readily be seen by {he foHtrwing details of those accepted as fit each day since' July Ist: —16, 5, 7, % X, 6, 7, 9, 6, 4,10, 4,20,5,8, and to-day none at all, -with the exception of a man prjevioasly -deferred -who has n<rw got a BaSisfactbry pass for Trenfcham.- . In. June- a&- niaiiy "as -20 men were often accepted, and in Bay fhe fignres were even betterNo. 1 (ATJCKLAJTD) GROUP. Stanley Bod Pegler, farm hand, Oowes
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 172, 20 July 1916, Page 2
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179NO RECRUITS. Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 172, 20 July 1916, Page 2
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