MILITARY RESERVE

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 June 1940, Page 2

MILITARY RESERVE

MORE RECRUITS NEEDED.

[PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

WELLINGTON, June 13

“As already announced, the Government has decided to extend the scope and facilities for the training of a number of units and sub-units of the National Military Reserve, class two,” said the Minister of Defence (Mr Jones), in an interview, to-day. Some .of these units are below the specified strength, and in order to ensure that the number of fit men required to build these units up to the establishment prescribed,- are available in the localities concerned, it has been decided to reopen registration of the rolls, and thereby give further opportunity to those returned soldiers 1 and others eligible, but not already registered, to enrol in the National Military Reserve, class two. 'ln the meantime, registrations will be accepted from those who are eligible and resident in the vicinity of, and if required, able to attend, training parades at one of the. following centres: —

Northern Military District: Russell and Opua, Whangjarei, Wjhangaroa, Tauranga, Hamilton, Auckland. Central Military District: New Plymouth, Gisborne, Wanganui, Napier, Wellington.

Southern Military District: Nelson, Picton and Blenheim, Westport and Greymouth, Lyttelton and Christchurch, Oamaru Timaru Dunedin, Bluff and Invercargill. Consideration will be given at a later date to the question of registration and enrolment of others, who are not located in the vicinity of the above mentioned centres,