TOTAL RECRUITS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23721, 30 July 1940, Page 9

TOTAL RECRUITS

20,159 IN DISTRICT THE REINFORCEMENTS HELP FOR RURAL AREAS While the northern military district •tota! of men available for the Fourth Reinforcements will be more than sufficient to meet not only that demand but also a similar quota for the Fifth Reinforcements, official figures for the voluntary period show that somo individual areas within the district may jiot be' able to meet the Fifth Reinforcements quota. . In the last three days of the voluntary system the district received 1013 offers 7 of service, 439 of these being made in the Auckland area, 247 in the Paeroa area, 100 in the Whangarei urea and 227 for the Hamilton area, all these being European registrations only. This brought the district total for the whole voluntary system period to 20,150. The individual areas contributed. to this total as follows: —Auckland, 10,232; Paeroa, 3319; Whangarei, 2507; and Hamilton, 4101. In addition the four areas received 2643 Maori registrations, which arc kept separate because the Maoris are not subject to the district quota of 2025 for the Fourth Reinforcements. To meet this quota the district now has 3217 men immediately available and 1252 more who have yet to be medically .examined. It is confidently expected that the district will fill quotas for both the Fourth and Fifth Reiutoreements, but the position in the individual areas is different. The Auckland area quota for the Fourth Reinforcements is 757. to cover which it. has 1684 men already classed as fit and 457 who have still to be examined. Thus the area has ample for probably three reinforcements. Paeroa, with ft Fourth Reinforcements quota of 388, has 544 men available and 321 yet to be examined. Whangarei is not so favourably placed. With a_ quota of 388 also it has 466 men available and 105 more to bo examined, while Hamilton, with a quota of 492, has 523 men available and a further 369 to be examined. These area quotas do not include allgwances for wastage in the •district quota of 2025. EDUCATIONAL SCHEME AIR FORCE VOLUNTEERS 500 MEN COMPLETE COURSE [BY. TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION J WELLINGTON, Monday Further details regarding Air Force preliminary _ educational training and signal training being given in conjunction with it were given by the Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones, in an interview to-night. The Minister said that, although the educational scheme had only been in operation since the beginning of the vear, nearly 500 men had already completed their course. Of these, less "than 10 per cent had failed to measure up to the standard required. These men were being given a slightly extended educational course to enable them tp do so. At present 2249 men were undergoing educational training in classes or hy, correspondence. 1290 had been selected provisionally as pilots or observers and 959 as gunners. These classifications were contingent upon the satisfactory completion of their educational course. . • • •< • Since his previous statement, said the Minister, the necessary Arrangements for a'course of signal training had been completed. He must pay a tribute to the keenness and enthusiasm of the instructors provided by the Post and Telegraph Department. The director of educational services, Mr. E. Caradus. had already had an opportunity of visiting a number of these classes and had reported his favourable impression of the work being done.

Some 65 signalling classes were now in .operation throughout the Dominion in 36 centres. Arrangements which it was hoped to make with the National Broadcasting Service had now been completed, and next month classes in Morse signalling would bo broadcast. In this way it was hoped that not only men. in the larger centres but also those in country districts would be _ able to get the necessary signal training. A complete text-book for the educational course was now in prpcess of being produced. This text-book was based upon assignments of work prepared for men on correspondence courses during the first five months of the year. Every man attending Air Force classes or on the Air Force correspondence course would be provided with a copy. OLUBS FOR SOLDIERS HAMILTON ORGANISATIONS [from our own CORRESPONDENT] HAMILTON, Monday Two soldiers' clubs are now open to servicemen visiting Hamilton during the w6ek-end. Owing to the^ delay in reopening the Patriotic Association s club an the Waikato Winter Show buildings after the Ngaruawahia camp was reopened, & club was opened on July ly in the Citizens' Band premises in Grantham Street by the League of Mothers of Ex-sen-icemen and men or the Fighting Forces. The second club ■was-opened on Saturday in the Winter Show buiidings, and is being serviced bv the Women's Patriotic Committee and the Women's Auxiliary Volunteer Corps. HELP FROM THE ISLANDS £SOO FROM RAROTONGA [BY TELEGRAPH —PRES3 ASSOCIATION] / WELLINGTON, Monday The people of the Cook Islands are giving splendid assistance to New Zealand's patriotic effort. r l here have been two contributions totalling £IOO from the arikis, chiefs, Maori people and island council of Atiu. Recently a package of knitted comforts arrived from the islands. Since then the National Patriotic Board has received through the Cook Islands Department a cheque for £SOO from the European and native people of Rarotonga. LOANS AND DONATIONS s, / ■ [by TELEGRAM —rRESS association] WELLINGTON. Monday Interest-free loans and donations received by the Minister of Finance, the Hon. W. Nash, have reached a total of £2 442,225. Further loans include the Central Waikato Power Board, £2000; Thomson, Bridger and Compan'y, Limited, Dunedin, £1000; \\ aitaki /Electric Power Board, Oamaru, £1000; Mr. R. A. McDowell, Oamaru, £1000; Mrs. G. E. McCracken, Auckland, £1000; Mr. W. G. Matheson, Clarksville. £1000; Pizzey, Melnnes, Limited, Wellington, £IOOO. A'' are for the duration of the war and six months. _ r Other, sums are: —Farmers Mauriceville Lime Company. Limited, Masterion. £7500; G. Hill, Otorohanga. £1000; .T. Lewis. Otorohanga. £IOOO. All are for the duration of the warAnonymous. Nelson. £IOOO (two years). Donations include the Canterbury P? r * Trotting Club. £2OOO. and B. J. Ball '(N.Z.), Limited, £SOO monthly donation, , , • /