AUSTRALIA'S YOUTHFUL DEFENDERS. , Tho defence authorities' expectations in regard to tne number of lads in Australia nt for servieo have- been realised Of 152,333 lads Imtween It and IS years of nge registered lor training in the Commonwealth, 82,9110 -have bc>n ■ medicallv examined, and 77,800 found to be fit for service. The percentage is !)3.5. Temporary exemptions from training have been given (o 27,8(1!) (including about 5000 who were found to be medicallv unfit) The remainder were granted exemption mostly on account of Iho distance they reside from the registered training area'';. There arc still 46,G31 to ho medically examined. In victoria the number registered was 4G,7f.2. Of 30,312 medically examined', 28,<HD were passed as fit for service-a percentage of !)4A About 10,000 havo vet to be examined. It is estimated by the department that the number of youths who will be available for traini'ii* in .Inly next will bo over 100,000 in '\\mIralia.
For Influenza, tnlto Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Never fails, Is, Cd, lis, lid.—Adrt,
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1125, 12 May 1911, Page 8
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