NATIONAL REGISTER.
MEN * OT PREPARED TO SERVE
A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS
s (rfIESS ASSOCIATION TELEGBAM.) WELLINGTON*. "December 1"". The Prime Minister has received from the Government Statistician the result 0 f an examination that Mr Fraser's $taff has been making of tho schedules of the 34.0J0 men who declared in the Notional Register that they were not prepared to render to tho State any " services, civil or military. Only a sample jot of criuls J, ' as ,JCcn cxamijQcd - Toe examples were taken from cards belonging to the names beginning with tho letter "-\.' ! for no other reason than that they -Here tho first to be sorted. The staff U now sorting all ' : the schedules inu> alphabetical order, and the extraction of all information concerning the 34,(30 men will not bo proceeded with until tho sorting is finished. This means that the Govcrnjnen Statistirian will not set about the task in earnest, fur about a week, and tho total analysis will not be ready until about Christmas. It is suggested, however, that tho 000 cards selected at random may be typical of the whole mas,-. The reasons aligned by the men who have signed the cards examined for the answers givcu are as follows: — ■ Bad health ... ... ... 75 Had sight ... ... ... 2b suttering from rheumatism ... 37 Deafness ••• •• ••• A ? Varicose veins .... ... ID Bad back ... ... ... 'J Indigestion. ... ... ... 8 Heart trouble ... ... "> - Crippled foot ... ... ... H Engaged in making military supplies ■•• ... -•• 3 Religious and conscientious objections ... ... ... 40 ,-''- Financial reasons ... ... 44 Farm requite? attention .. ... o!) Business requires attention ... il .Awaiting conscription ... ... a Family reasons ... ... 4 -Producers should stay at homo ... 0 _ tinlisting in Australia and elsewhere ... ... ... 0 ..So reason stated ... ... 07 -V In the. schedules examined the follow- -\; »g is tho summary of the statements ■ regarding health : — ' - very goud ... ... ... 38 /Good . ... ... ... 217 'Indifferent ... ... ... 185 Bad 61 Toial ... ... ... 001
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 15463, 16 December 1915, Page 7
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297NATIONAL REGISTER. Press, Volume LI, Issue 15463, 16 December 1915, Page 7
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