CONSCRIPTION
FIRST BALLOT NEXT MONTH [Per United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, August 27. A statement that the first ballot under conscription would probably be held next mouth • was made to-night by the Chief of the General Staff, Major-general Sir John Duigan, while addressing troops of the Auckland ’Battalion of the National Reserve, after inspecting them at the Drill General Duigan explained later that a ballot would be held in the near future to bring the Territorial force up to war establishment. Other cletails were not yet available*
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Evening Star, Issue 23666, 28 August 1940, Page 3
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86CONSCRIPTION Evening Star, Issue 23666, 28 August 1940, Page 3
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