SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE
ENTHUSIASTIC RECRUITING. [BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.] Recd. December 11, 11.15 a.m.) RUGBY, December 10. . An official survey of defence preparations in South Africa I‘eveals a continuous increase in recruiting. In Johannesburg alone, recruits are coming forward at the rate of from 750 to 1000 weekly, of whom a considerable number are aliens.
The Department of Defence states that the enthusiasm of the people of the Union to assist the country’s military, effort has been, in some respects, almost overwhelming.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 11 December 1939, Page 8
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