GREY ENLISTMENTS

Grey River Argus, 17 January 1940, Page 5

GREY ENLISTMENTS

Four More Yesterday 39 IN PAST WEEK. Four further enlistments at Greymouth yesterday brought the tot t< effective enlistments at Greymouth to 384. Since Tuesday last there have been 39 enlistments in the West Coast district. The latest enlistments are:— Graham, Albert Thomas, Station Creek, Maruia. Gilmour, Thomas Ruxton Hall, Sturge Street, Cobden. Lamberton, Arthur Alexander, Nelson Creek. Bartie, Stanley Cecil, Reefton. All the above are single men. About 30 recruits will attend the next sitting of the Medical Board at the Drill Hall to-morrow at 8.30 a.m., but this number may be increased by enlistments in the next few days. It is expected that those passed as fit by the Board will be drafted to join the Second Echelon at Burnham, at an early date. There has been a total of 401 enlistments to date at Greymouth, ana , of these 17 have been transferred to 1 other districts or have been eliminated by having three children or more, or by being in reserved occupations. Forestry Service 27 RECRUITS TO DATE. Up to yesterday, 27 men had handed in their names to. the Conservator of State Forests (Mr F. W. Foster) Hokitika, for service overseas with the special forestry corps being enlisted by the New Zealand Government. Enlistments continue at a steady pace, and it is expected that the corps will be secured within a very, short period. The enlistments are:— Grey District.

Bailey, William George, Sawmill Hand Greymouth.

Chapman, John Joseph, Patrol Officer, Greymouth. Churchill Ferguson William,' Loading Tramlayer, Ikamatua. Dunwoodie, Duncan Joseph, Carpenter, Karoro. Franks, Charles Henry, Slabby, Ruru.

Irving, Lloyd George, Sawmill Hand, Ruru. Jackson, Thomas Michael, Bushman, Jackson’s. Kelly, Ralph Norman, Engine-driv-er Greymouth. Latta, Henry Edward, Sawmill Hand, Ikamatua. Leach, Thomas Andrew, Bushman, Greymouth. O’Malley, William, Bushman, Ikamatua. Symes, Vincent Gabriel, Tramlayer and Bushman, Totara Flat. Taafe, Jack Bosley, Tailorout, Waipuna. Westland District. Cameron, Alfred Malcolm, Sawmiller, Harihari. Carter, Wilfred George Stephenson Forest Ranger, Hokitika. Chandler, Charles Henry, Logging Contractor, Kanieri. Douglas, William Jacob, Bushman, Waitaha. Dowell, Edward Averitt, Labourer, Hokitika. Geary, David, Leading Bushman, Kumara. .Havill, Leslie Arthur, Logging Con tractor, Koiterangi. Larson, Ernest Vincent, Mill Engineer, Tainui. Mills, William James, Leading Bushman, Hokitika. Rogers, Frank, Leading Feller, Kanieri. Stoop, William Ivor, Sawmill Hani, Hokitika.

Smyth, William James Wright, Tallyman, Harihari. Wallace, Samuel Malcolm, Tractor Driver, Koiterangi. BULLER RECRUITING. WESTPORT, January 16. Strange contradictions manifest themselves when some people discuss recruiting, some, while they advocate recruiting, say that the Government should do everything—even decide whether one man should go, and another should not!

The sending of a recruiting officer to the district was advocated at a meeting held here to encourage recruiting. The Mayor (Mr. J. M. Robertson), who presided, said that he did not feel like asking anyone to go to the war because he could not go himself. Those people who could, should go. The’Government should have the only 1 say. Mr. C. A. Thomas said other men as well as returned soldiers ought to interest themselves in xne recruiting campaign. He deplored tne poor attendance of 11 persons at the •meeting. Messrs J. C. Brown and A. Vincent advocated asking the Government io send a man to give addresses at different centres. Mr. Vincent gave instances of “job-jumping” at Westport as soon as men bad joined up, and said that this frightened many young men from enlisting. Mr. O. L. Nahr objected to local body members being requested to encourage recruiting. He favoured conscription of young men. He agreed that men from outside the district should be asked to make recruiting speeches, as was done during the last war. Sergeant-Major Patrick said that of the 30 men required from the district for the 2nd Echelon only 15 had enlisted so far.

Mr. J. H. Enright said no local body or person should ask any man to enlist. The Government should get volunteers.

Mr. W. Mann, secretary of Hie Westport Returned Soldiers’ Association said the Government should taKe the men into its confidence and teG them exactly what was required and how many recruits were wanted. He said that the people of the Dominion did not know if there* was a great necessity for troops or if they were wanted urgently. Perhaps if the news that India, Canada, and Souin Africa had been so busy had appeared earlier there would have been a greater rush of volunteers. It was decided to ask the Government to send a recruiting officer to the Buller district able to address meetings and other gatherings.

Canterbury Shortage RECRUITING SLOWS DOWN. t CHRISTCHURCH, January 16. | At least 230 enlistments are needed