DOMINION WATCHING
DEFENCE FORCES ALERT
watchword for the nation at P*e moment is preparation without said the Minister of Defence, tones, ifi a statement last night, added that no prediction could be if or when the Japanese might this way, but distance was a nandjcap to them. Also, they knew ™at they would meet with a hot reception. At the same time there tha+ n S justification for concluding Nv«i enem y would not come. obj Zealand was in the war zone eve ry° ne must be klert and fully
„ The Minister said the air force and j«e navy were maintaining a ceasefmvi wat £h °ut to sea, and the air »r>.r< e ' which was more powerfully SJitPP than ever before, was <rf ln S out its function as the "eyes «aw dominion." Air reconnais j SSS. e^.r Were being regularly made ;"°m New Zealand and from Fiji. t° borne defence, the 1 sa jd that, apart from the Sftional Military Reserve and the irw!ir i^ rla ' s ' over 150,000" civilians, Ir l g 30,000 women, were Trolled for home defence duties.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 302, 22 December 1941, Page 3
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