PAST 1200 MARK

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20140, 9 January 1940, Page 4

PAST 1200 MARK

P.B. VOLUNTEERS FLOW UNDIMINISHED EUROPEANS AND MAORIS NATIVE DRAFT EXPECTED Yesterday the total of volunteers for active service from Gisborne and the East Coast passed the 1200 mark with 729 Europeans listed and 495 Maoris. The flow of recruits has not slackened since just before Christmas, when the holidays released many men to visit town and find their way to the recruiting office. The total now reached represents a magnificent tribute to the patriotism of tire young men of the district, and there is little doubt that the figures could be improved on greatly if adequate steps were taken to reach single men and married men with one or two children who are still debating whether they will enlist now or wait on the chance of conscription being introduced. The evidence of these enlistments is conclusive as to the present capacity of the district to meet normal drafts for successive echelons without resort to compulsion. There is developing, however, a strong feeling that Gisbonie should receive full credit for the contributions it is now making to the early echelons, and that if compulsion is resorted to later the drain on man-power should be equalised by a reduction of numbers required from the district. Those enrolled as volunteers during the past two days comprise:— New Zealand Maori Battalion Horua, Jim, single, 35 years, Tolaga Bay, labourer. Nicholls, Whare, married, 25 years, Wairnata, labourer. Goodnight, Fraser, single, 28 years, Frasertown, labourer. Korohina, Mohi, married, 29 years, Te Araroa, farmer. Marsh, Dave, single, 20 years, Frasertown, labourer. Houkamau, Tamati Tipiwai, married, 41 years, Hicks Bay, farmer. Jones, Rangi, married, 33 years, Te Karaka, driver. Marsh, Kaimoana, married, 39 years, Muriwai, labourer. Special New Zealand Force Butler, Peter Fleming, single, 27 years, Wairoa, driver. Lynn, Herbert, single, 29 years, Te Karaka, farm labourer. Downie, William Douglas Allan, single, 34 years, Patutahi, station hand. Morris, Geoffrey John Bentham, single, 27 years, Tolaga Bay, farm manager.

Andrew, Roy William, single, 26 years, Wainui, driver. Bruce, Stewart Charles, single, 22 years, Gisborne, labourer. Haache, Cecil, single, 21 years, Gisborne, motor mechanic,

Horne, Clarence Charles, married, Matawai, labourer.

Heath, Andrew, single, 22 years, Wairoa, labourer.

Mitchell, Robert, single, 36 years, Gisborne, tunneller.

Lattimore, Maurice Alexander, single, 36 years, Gisborne, labourer. Aitken, Herbert Lewis, single, 21 years, Frasertown, metal breaker. Whale, George Victor, single, 22 years, Mohaka, farm hand. ■ Wells, Wallace, married, 26 years, Gisborne, di'iver.

Beets. Edgar Charles Barnes, single, 29 years, Gisborne bushman. Duncan, Cecil James, married, 32 years, Wairoa, driver. Delaney, Patrick, married, 39 years, Piripaua, Wairoa, litter. Whitehead, Robert Henry Colson, single, 19 years, Wairoa, storeman. Home Defence Hope, Roger, single, 20 years, Ormond. labourer. Gilchrist, Archibald William, single, 42 years, Waikokopu, labourer. Cooper, Rex Winston, single, 20 years, Hexton, labourer. Eaton, Roy Eric, married, 42 years, Gisborne, labourer. Babbington, Gerald, single, 48 years, Waimata, labourer. Craig, Lawrence, married, 43 years, Tikiwhata, tunneller. STEADY RESPONSE AUCKLAND RECRUITING 70 ENROLLED YESTERDAY (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. Enlistments for the Special Force continued steadily at the Drill Hall yesterday. When the office closed, over 70 new recruits had been enrolled. The average age of the recruits was about 25 years. Throughout the day four medical boards were engaged. There were 16 doctors and four dentists, who passed about half the number examined as fit and about 20 as temporarily unfit. QUOTA HALF FILLED PROGRESS IN DUNEDIN (Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. Area No. 2 recruiting staff at Kensington Drill Hall is being kept very busy again. During the past few days, in particular, there has been a steady flow of recruits and the campaign has already resulted in the Otago area finding half its quota of 400 men for the Second Echelon of the Special Force. Approximately 200 men have been examined and passed as medically fit for service overseas, and detachments have been instructed to proceed to the various camps on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week.