FOR THE EMPIRE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2369, 27 January 1915, Page 5

FOR THE EMPIRE

SBNTHUSIASTIO MEETING AT POET CHALMERS. '• . ' . {By TeleeraDh.—Prt£s AfljoclatloaJ \ Dunetfin, January 28. • ."Aa. oatii'asiaatio icoiviiting me&tiaig \WaS ktsld it Port. Chalmers hat night. The "Defence "Minister Son. 3. [Allen), referring 'to the fact that New 'Zealand had' done evett'more than. Was asked for by the Imperial Government, 'said the .brightestgleam, of hope lay in-the fact that the demand for 25 per cent, of reinforcements had been' ro■duced by' theman; who knew" more about it than any man on earth—Lord' •Kitchener. Nevertheless, in artillery •:;at least, New Zealand was going to 'send 100 per cent, with the next two .or three reinforcements. The reductions proposed by Lord Kitchener in ' the percentage of the reinforcements were 15 per cent, in infantry and 10 per cent, in mounted mon. - Mr..Allen continued: ,r We 'want you in New Zealand . to . supply us every two months with 1800 men." We have sufficient in 'camp now. for . the nest .two lots, of reinforcements, and for officers aid nbn-commiflsiotidd officers of the third lot, bit we want to enrol ' -register every young;; man willing <to mike .a--'sacrifice for: me Empire and the'flag. .We want to have 'them registered, -and we want them to oon- - tinue their work. : The. greatest service _ a young man can ; render ' the ■ 'Empire until called .upon to sacrifice •his life is to keep up the industries of :the country, and maintain'the-finances'' i to- keep it working." 'V . '