THE CALL TO ARMS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 23 September 1914, Page 5

THE CALL TO ARMS.

The following notice, which was posted throughout the United Kingdom at the. outbreak of the war,'.'.....wi1l show with what seriousness, yet energy, the Government and people faced the situation: —:' .•■.'■ -,-. ' .'■■ •■ ...", - - a ■'";•.'

Your King and Country Need You.— Will you answer your.country's call? Each day is fraught with the grayest possibilities, and at this very moment. the Empire is; on the brink of .the : greatest war in the history of th^ world. In this crisis your' country calls^ on all her young unmarried men to- rally round the Flag and enlist in the'ranks of her Army. . If every patriotic young ' man answers her call, England and her Empire will emerge, stronger and mo.re united than ever. If you are unmarried , and between 18 and 30; years old, will you answer your country's call ? and go to the nearest recruiter, whose address you can get at any post office, and join the Army to-day?