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TOTAL OF 6036 APPLICANTS. WELLINGTON, June 7. Applications for enrolment in the New Zealand National Military Reserve now total 6036. Of that number 780 applicants are not eligible for service, due mainly to being over the prescribed maximum age of 55 years. The return of enrolments to date refers only to applications received and classified at the P2 central post offices corresponding to the 12 military areas. The total for the Dominion as a whole will therefore be higher when the enrolment cards from outer districts come to be counted. So far. Wellington military district leads with close on 990 enrolments. Auckland is next with nearly 900. Returns from the other postal districts are:—Christchurch, 541; Hamilton. 525; Napier, 453; Dunedin, 440; Invercargill, 338 ; AYanganui, 294 ; Palmerston North, 290; New Plymouth, 249; Nelson, 214; Thames, 199; Gisborne, 193; Timaru, 131; Oamaru, So; Groymouth, 76; Blenheim, 71; Westport 49.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 160, 8 June 1939, Page 8
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