RECRUITING IN CITY

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23003, 24 April 1940, Page 10

RECRUITING IN CITY

TWENTY-FIVE ENLISTMENTS YESTERDAY The good total of 25 enlistments was received for the 3rd Echelon in Christchurch yesterday, one registration being that of P. K. Rhind, the Canterbury representative footballer. Those' enlisting, excluding six men whose names were not available for publication, were as follows: — M. Benfell. R. P. Bunker. F. Clark. F. H, Dalberg. A. A. Dobby. G. E. Dobby. C. Hokianga. J, Hokianga. S. Hokianga. A. J. Lamb. R. E. Macann. H. Maketanara. E. G. B. Newman. P. Newman. P. Osborne. P. K. Rhind. G. Semb. J. Spittle. W. F. Stokes. , ■ . D. O. Williams. TIMARU TIMARU, April 23. Enlistments at Timaru to-day brou t the total for South Canterbury to 741. To-day’s enlistments included: Cox, P P. Healy, C. G. Johnston, P. R. WESTPORT WESTPORT, April 23. The following enlistments have been received at Westport:— Neilson, Joseph Henry. Inwood, Henry Foster. Baird, John Russell. One other has been received, but is not for publication. GREYMOUTH GREYMOUTH, April 23. There were five enlistments at Greymouth yesterday, raising the effective district total to 589. One of the names was not available for publication, and the other four were:— Wall. E. S. Cox, O. G. Geatman, W. N. Sykes. A. A medical board examined 34 men at the Drill Hall to-day. X-ray examinations previously made in camp are now being made at the Grey Hospital. Other recruits previously medically examined will be advised when their X-ray examinations- will take place. COMFORTS FOR MEN ON MINESWEEPERS “The Press” acknowledges contributions towards the fund for providing comforts for men on minesweepers, as follows: — . A full sugar-bag of dried rabbitskins from Mr D. McLean, of Waiau, and a parcel of rabbxtskins to be made into mittens, from an anonymous donor.