MINISTERIAL STATEMENT
PERSONAL' RESPONSIBILTY.
;; .■ " To-day tho Proclamation is issued for •■ -the enrolment of the Ist Division of the V Reserve," and to-morrow tho Proclamation ; :for the enrolment of the 2nd Division will • be issued," said the Minister of Defence -•(the Horn J. Allen), speaking to a-Post *'reporter....." It is now," he added, "the j.personal responsibility of every man to ■; -see that he is on the roll. I don't want . ."to allude to the penalties ( provided by the ', lAct, except .to, say.that they are very • 'heavy. What I want to see is the very • -powerful argument that the Act presents - 'to every New Zealander— • ''•-•Here lies my duty,' • ■-•*" and that all whose duty it is to do so - -should -put their name on the roll. ' That 1 Muty should be~caf tied out"by a mail "not • ;fpr fear-of punishment but because he - -is a New Zealander and wishes to play '. /the game. I feel sure' that. theTnewspapers throughout New Zealand are 'going • -to assist-us day-by day by drawing the attention of the public to the fact that , in the; next fourteen days every man of military age has to be enrolled and'by • -pointing out the facilities for enrolment I-that have been provided." .
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Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 54, 1 September 1916, Page 8
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200MINISTERIAL STATEMENT Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 54, 1 September 1916, Page 8
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