SLUMP IN RECRUITS.
REJECTIONS VERY HEAVY
BY CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, May 16. l n the House of Commons, Sir L. Worthington Evans, in introducing the Army Estimates, expressed disquiet at the fact that no fewer than 49,24.) would-be recruits had been rejected on medical or physical grounds, namely, five out of every eight. Next to illnealtli, the unemployment benefits were the most important obstacle to recruiting. As regards the supplementary reserve, Sir li. Worthington Evans emphasised trade unions’ opposition thereto, which was due completely to, misapprehensions that the reserve was meant, for the purposes, of strike-break-ing. The War Office would proceed without the help of the unions Mr Walsh, late Minister of War, regretted the misapprehensions in .reward to the supplementary reserve, which he attributed to crass stupidity on the part of recruiting sergeants. The difficulty might be removed if it were made 'clear that the reserve would be only called out in war time.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HAWST19250319.2.51
Bibliographic details
Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 March 1925, Page 6
Word Count
156SLUMP IN RECRUITS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 March 1925, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hawera Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in