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! COURSE COMPLETED. ■ POSTED TO THEIR UNITS. j RESULT OF MAYOR'S APPEAL i (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Exporter.) WELLINGTON', this day. Commenting on the campaign to raise the Territorial Force to 16.000. the J Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones, M» rt N ai-o chairman of the Army j Recruiting Committee, said thk aft erI noon that he wae pleaded with the result*-. ™ T;.™ A;] ' :kland - 3ed * hl f h 100U vo:unre * alread - v tended the Var?i£ V Ur t e at the **«*« **<»£ ™ \ eck - *«i thereafter beea po-ed to the units they wished to ,Vn! That is _ a record for New Zealand. j£ men with their elementary trainin, completed posted to unite "*"»a e r^ 6 faCt that onl - v 500 appeared in the first instance, out of 1000, ha* been given wide publicity in the Pre«~ Tie other men . for various reason*?' could not attend the course immediate].-, cut n eZr of- S ° since - J h °P e the final .qSy-enf^ril- 01 " il] be «*" riio Minister said that following the recent appeal by the Prime Minister the rocTuitinp atmosphere had com.lt- ely changed "The Territorial Force vvill reach mil strength and higher orticiency while it works with the pre--n: splendid spirit," he concluded.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 154, 3 July 1939, Page 8
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