Speaking to a warrant officer on the 12th a representative of this paper was informed—in reply to a question as to whether the rumour was true that the whole of the representative corps were going to South Africa—that fully 30 per .cent, of the men would not be passed by the doctor for active service. In the first place, he said, no man is allowed to go on active service if he is under twenty years of age, and quite a number of the Britannic’s men are not over nineteen. Then a man must have served for twelve months, and several of the men haven’t completed their first year’s drill. Physique, the officer pointed out, is nothing, provided the medical examination has been passed, and this in many cases is very stiff.
The Benevolent Trustees met on the There were present:—Messrs G. Web'b (chairman pro tem), A. W. Evans, IT. Cook, C. W. Wiliest on, D. Robertson and A. Sample. The number of inmates in the Home was stated to be : Female, 16; male, 45: total, 61. The usual routine business was gone through, and several applications for relief were dealt with.
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New Zealand Mail, 21 February 1901, Page 61
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