MINISTER’S OFFER
SERVICE IN WAR.
MR SEMPLE’S GESTURE
Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH. March 19.
An offer to serve in the Army, preferably in a constructional company, without commission or any special privileges, has been made by the Minister of Public Works (lion, itSemple;. The Minister made his offer in a letter to Major-General Duigan, reading as follows: “I have decided to offer my services to the Army through you. I am over military age, but ni> health is good, and I feel that I can stand up to any hardship that I may be called upon to encounter. I nave had a lifetime experience in constructional work of all kinds, both underground and on the surface, and snail he pleased to serve in any constructional company. “I foci that the knowledge I nave gathered through life will he of some assistance in this direction. I want no commission and no special consideration. I am prepared, if my services are accepted, to live on a soldier s pay• T offer m.v services because I realise that it is going to be a titanic struggle, and any man who can rendet any assistance whatever should voluntarily offer to serve.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 94, 19 March 1940, Page 6
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197MINISTER’S OFFER Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 94, 19 March 1940, Page 6
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