THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE.
A BRIEF INTERVIEW. reinforcements COMING IN. in the briefest of interviews on the railway platform last night the Minister of Defence was. able to. say that m the south,- although there might be a chortage ior the Thirteenth Reinforcements. there was a fairly steady stream of recruits, and lie was. hoping for the be A ‘ question "by tlie Minister as to Canterbury’s efforts in tlie same direction gave rise to the remark that there was au abnormal percentage of “ temunderstand it,” said the Minister, scanning the figures for the beginning of the.year. “Teeth, I suppose, most of them, but we are doing what we can to get over that difficulty.” Mr Allen said that the system of issuing badges outlined in the recruiting scheme was being pushed forward. Tbe Minister was invited to express an opinion on the subject of local loans. “ Go and ask Sir Joseph Ward about that,” he said laughingly.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17080, 1 February 1916, Page 7
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157THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17080, 1 February 1916, Page 7
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