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SUPPLY OF DRESS UNIFORMS ACTION BY GOVERNMENT [by TELEGRAPH SPECIAL REPORTER] WELLINGTON, Wednesday As part of the plan for making service in the territorial forces more attractive, the Government is taking action to provide members of these units with dress uniforms for ceremonial and social wear. The Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones, stated to-day that the Government had not yet decided on the colour of the uniform, but he was awaiting the arrival of a sample blue uniform of the type worn in Australia, which he would examine, together with other uniforms, before making a choice.
"A blue dress uniform is worn in great Britain," Mr. Jones said, "but there has been some criticism of it, perhaps because it may be of a poor type. We are anxious to have our territorials smartly turned out, and there is no reason why this uniform, which is really necessary as an alternative to that worn on ordinary duty, should.not be as attractive as possible."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22877, 4 November 1937, Page 13
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166ATTRACTING RECRUITS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22877, 4 November 1937, Page 13
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