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VOLUNTEER SYSTEM
A RUMOUR DISCOUNTED,
Associated with the recent reports of a complete reorganisation of the New Zealand defence forces has been a rumour that tho Territorial system, with compulsory parades, would again be instituted. In an interview, the Minister of Dcfenco (the Hon. J. G. Cobbc) repudiated any such.suggestion.
"Certainly not, ou my part," declared the Minister when it was suggested that the volunteer system might shortly disappear. .
"There is no reason for such a change," he continued. "Recruiting has been extremely satisfactory. I gave details of the position some weeks ago, and since then a small increase in recruits has been reported. As a matter of fact, we have some corps up to full numbers, and there is one instance in the South Island where they have twenty men on a waiting list. We are quite satisfied with tho system, and tho possibility of doing away with it has not been thought of by the Government."
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 26, 31 July 1933, Page 8
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161TO BE RETAINED Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 26, 31 July 1933, Page 8
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