THE RECRETTING SCHEME.

Northern Advocate, 6 May 1916, Page 4

THE RECRETTING SCHEME.

HOW IT IS WORKING

The Government has a;i:e:i for returns from the various Defence Oriices showing whether the Recruiting Board's scheme is wording successfully. In North Auckland, it appears from the returns, that Dargaville ha i not taken any action. Whangarei is reported as inning "received the Minister's thanks for work done." Kamo is reported "practically complete." Onerahi is credited with a fair response, ii''\ v,'k,o Kohukohu Waikworth has formed ;.. committer ami carried on the- work energetically. The township of New Lynn lias not formed a committee, nor taken any action. But the report indicates that it has been largely drained of men by ■Auckland, llelensville formed a committee and did goo; work with personal canvass. Hikurangi has also organised personam canvass. Kawakawa has a committee, and persona.

canvass has been conducted, but the results, in cards, are very few. Only one card has been received in th? Waitemata County. Rodney County printed handbills and mailed them with the recruiting cards. Capt. Coates, M.P., is doing good work in the Ot.-iaiatca County, and a personal canvass is in operation, with en couraging results. Hobson County is being personally canvassed, but the results come in slowly, and much the same condition obtains in ihe Whangarei aud Whangaroa Count'es. I-n----kianga County is being worked by committee at Kohukohu with f-'ir results. On the whole the scheme seems to be doing good work, probably much better work than can be tabulated. The results that come to light in actual registration within the district, are not the only results. There are many who receive the first impulse to enlistment in their own district, who finally enlist in quite another district. Still the object of the scheme was not to obtain enlistments so much, as to secure a complete and reliable registration of available men in the Dominion, and to do this in time to be of most service to the Board, it is necessary that where the work lags behind it should be prosecuted more earnestly, and requests have been sent out to the committees, or authorities concerned, in such cases, inviting them to expedite matters.