FAR BELOW STANDARD.
AUSTRALIAN RECRUITING. TWO-THIRDS DEFICIENCY. 16,500 WANTED ; 5,443 OFFER. (Australian an.d N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received 11.20 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. j | Mr Pearce (Minister of Defence) states that although 16,500 men are required > monthly for the reinforcements, the total • ■ number of recruits for the Common--wealth in the past month was' only . 5,448.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 35, 9 February 1917, Page 5
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54FAR BELOW STANDARD. Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 35, 9 February 1917, Page 5
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