“ I hope that 1931 will not leave us so unduly depressed that we are not going to look forward to an improvement and a general uplift in 1932,” said Mr A. O. Wilkinson, president of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, at the last meeting for the year, when extending to members of the council his good wishes for the Christmas season.
The volunteer system of enlistment for the New Zealand Territorial Force io gradually gaining favour among young men in Auckland, and the graphs at beadquarters show a steady increase in the number of recruits (says the Star). Over 40 young men enlisted last month and several of the units now have their full working complements. Colonel J. E. Duigan, officer commanding the Northern Command, said that he anticipated it would be at least a j’ear before the units were working at full strength. Military training in the secondary schools, however, was never more efficient than at present. They were concentrating on the training of young n.c.o.’s and the results were most encouraging.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4057, 15 December 1931, Page 27
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