RECRUITING IN THE CITY

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22824, 25 September 1939, Page 13

RECRUITING IN THE CITY

FURTHER SLIGHT INCREASE 45 REGISTRATIONS ON SATURDAY MEN ALLOCATED TO CAMPS Forty-live men, including two commissioned officers, enlisted at the recruiting office, Christchurch, on Saturday, making the total number of enlistments -1163. Although the number was a slight improvement on the two previous days, it was again considered by the authorities to. be disappointing. During the week-end, staff officers allocated recruits to the units with which they are to serve in the Special Force. To-day notices will be sent to recruits advising them of the units and camps to which they have been posted. Officers reecntly enrolled will be examined at a special sitting of the medical board to-day. Enlistments on Saturday included: Ablett, Ronald Nathan, car salesman, 516 Gloucester street, Christchurch. Arnesen, Clarence William, labourer, Horrelvilie, Rangiora. Baillie, William Charles, labourer, 13 Eaton place, Christchurch. Burns, Ronald'Ervin Alexander, driver, 14 Avalon street, Richmond. Cave, Frederick William, reporter, 28 Gloucester street, Christchurch. Clark, Raymond Allan, boot repairer, 24 Southey street, Sydenham. Cousins, Clarence Henry, labourer, 16 Mathesons road, Christchurch. Day, Joe Scott Roxborough, special reservist, Military Camp, Burnham. ' Evans, George Arthur, labourer, 62 Sullivan avenue, Opawa. Field, George Charles, labourer, 32 Whitmore street, Christchurch. Gemmell, Leslie Weir, plumber, 307. Montreal street, Christchurch, Goodall, Edward Thomas, lead burner, 7 Ranlurly street, Hornby, Goodall, Robert William, special reservist, Military Camp, Burnh.im. Hammond, Gordon John, pumice worker, 2 Station street, Heathcote. Hampton, Christopher Leathern, labourer, 110 Tilford street, Woolston. i Hamilton, Henry James, carpenter, Burnham Military Camp. Hampton, William John, milkman, 88 Travers road, Burwood. Harris, Edwin John, surveyor's chainman, Public Works Department, Oaro.* Horton, Ellis Norman, special reservist, military camp, Burnham. Latter, le Clerc Stuart, shepherd, Cloudy Range, Waiau. Lawton, Gordon William James, labourer. 31 Sandyford street, Christchurch. Lennox, Kenneth Allen, labourer, 7 Ranfurly street. Hornby. Lester, James Sinclair Gordon, driver, Goose Bay, Kaikoura. Lawe, Oliver, blacksmith. River road, Rangiora. Marshall, Walter Stewart, carpenter, 58 Bowhill road. North Brighton. Mclntosh. Alexander, shepherd, Flaxton, Kaiapoi R.M.D. McKillop, Alexander Cameron, medical superintendent, Christchurch Mental Hospital, Sunnyside.. Pirie. Robert Davidson, labourer, 7 Albemarle street. Sydenham. Powell, John Llewellyn, stock dealer. 35 Picton avenue, Lower Riccartbn. Proctor. Ronald Angus, gardener, 128 Bligh’s road, Papanui. Robinson, Henry Lee, forester, 114 Bishop street, St. Albans, Rogers, Edgar Pearce, clerk,- 23 Norwood street, Christchurch. Scott, Albert Victor, carpenter, Burnham Military Camp. Taylor,.Wallace James, dispatch clerk, 324 Bealey avenue, Christchurch. Vaughan, Francis Charles, truck driver, 20 Fairfield avenue, Christchurch. Watt. Fergus Mac Allan, lithographer, 232 Armagh street, Christchurch. Wells. William John, blacksmith, 2 Coleridge street, Sydenham. Williams, Edmund Scott, bank clerk, 146 Heaton street. Christchurch. Wilson, Walter - Brook, labourer, 149 Southampton street. Sydenham. Woodley, Richard Charles, bushman. Military Camp, Burnham. GREYMOUTH [From Our Own Reporter.] GREYMOUTH,-September 23. Further • enlistments at Greymouth to-day were;— Roche, Maurice William, Totara Pint. Johnson, Frederick. Greymouth. Martin. Philip Cyril, Ahaura. Whear, Albert Ernest, Blackball, The total is now 193. ASHBURTON - Enlistments at Ashburton on Saturday numbered five, bringing the total to 115. A further sitting of the medical board will be held this evening. The men ‘ who enrolled on Saturday were:— . Cobden, William Valentine. 56 Came-, ron street, Ashburton. , Condell, Eric Bernard, c/o. Union Bank, Ashburton. Melrose, George Ferguson, 49 Alford . Forest-road. Ashburton. Perry, Edward John, Montalto. Tait. Alfred George, 104 Cox street, Ashburton. TIMARU [From Our Own Reporter.! TIMARU, September 23. Ten additional enlistments to-day brought the total number at Timaru to 296. Latest enlistments were: . Blackwood, Gordon Dudley, fclack- • smith, 9 Barnard street, Timaru. Goodman, John Herbert, carpenter, 258. Otipua road. Timaru. Holehan, Joseph Michael, labourer, c/o Railway Hbtel, Timaru. Leary, David, labourer, 15 Rbthwell street, Timaru, ... Nixon, Ernest James, labourer; 29 Barnard street, Timaru. Orr, Sydney Arthur, labourer, 29 Barnard street, Timaru. Pearson, Donald Howard, labourer, 31 le Cren street, Timaru. Shears, Benjamin James, shepherd, c/o H. Kelloh, Orari. . Tait, John George, labourer, 6 Brown street, Timaru. Wright, Walter, labourer, 11 Shaw street, Timaru. WELLINGTON WELLINGTON, September 24. Wellington’s recruiting'total for the Special Force on Saturday night was 1726, of which 1678 have been • ex-' amined. Of these 884 are fit, 552 temporarily unfit, and 242 permanently unfit. . ...