CATCHING SHIRKERS.
. A HUNDRED IX CAMP.
(Special to "Star.")
WELLINGTON, this da/ i A few prosecutions of men who atj tempted to evade the result of being j selected in the ballot show that the milij tary authorities are not going to let : shirkers off liecause there is some j trouble involved in finding them, The ! prosecutions have had a salutary effect, j for nearly a hundred men who failed to ! answer the first call to camp have since I thought better of the position, and gone j into camp, leaving but a small number j who. by going into remote parts of the j country, hope to evade the long arm of I the law.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 89, 14 April 1917, Page 4
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