CALL FOR RECRUITS.
FOOTBALL MATCH APPEAL. PARADE AT LANCASTER PARK. 1 (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday. A stirring scene occurred at Lancaster Park yesterday aftenwon before the Rugby match between teams from the Treniham and Burnham military oanips. A parade of men of the Second Echelon wa* greeted with ringing cheers from all parts of the gTound. Xext the Burnham camp band played the teams on to the field, where they were inspected by Colonel K. T. Rmvllinjrs. officer commanding the Southern District. Massed bands played the National Antfeem, in which the crowd joined in singing. Another stirring spectacle" occurred during the interval, when non-commis-sioned officers for the Third Echelon marched round the ground. Gaps were deliberately left in the rank? so that any young man in the crowd who wished to join up could climb over the fence and do so. A call for recruits was announced over the loud-speaker, and immediately four strode across from the eastern stand. They were followed by sis more from the eastern embankment, and, within ten minutes, there were 22 recruits.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 100, 29 April 1940, Page 6
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178CALL FOR RECRUITS. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 100, 29 April 1940, Page 6
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