RECRUITING IN BRITAIN AND AUSTRALIA.
AUSTRALIANS COME FORWARD MORE SLOWLY.
COMPARISON BY PREMIER OF NEW SOUTH WALES
' Received September 17. 11.30 p.m.)
Sydney, Sept-ember 17. Replying to adverse criticism of the demand for national sen-ice, the Premier of New South Wales, Mr. Holman, points out that during the first year of the war Britain got 16 per cent, of her total male population under the colours, while Australia got less than 4 per cent under the colours. The people of Australia had come forward four times more slowly than the comparatively unwarlike population of the Old Country. This was not because of any less readiness on their part to face danger, but because the whole of the British people were united in a gigantic recruiting campaign, and there were no carpers.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16026, 18 September 1915, Page 7
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