VAST NUMBERS OF MEN WANTED.
BATTLE MAY END IN OCCUPATION OF FRENCH PORTS. (Received 11-20 a,m.) LONDON, April 11. Sir Auckland Geddes, Director of National Service, in the course a speech in London, said that Britain was going to rtequire a vast number of men. He wished be was able to' tell the figures, but that would give tbe enemy most valuable information. He realised that the Man-Power Bill would mean death and disaster to many industries, but that was a less evil than military disaster. None knew how the great battle would end; it might end with the German occupation of the French channel ports. Then wo should need a great army in England-—(Reuter.)
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 87, 12 April 1918, Page 5
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115VAST NUMBERS OF MEN WANTED. Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 87, 12 April 1918, Page 5
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