TORRENT OF RECRUITS.
WHAT GREAT BRITAIN REQUIRES, LORD DERBY'S PERSONAL APPEAL ENDORSED. "Times" and "Sydney San" Services. (Received October 23, 8 a.m.) LONDON, October ,22. The Lord Mayor of London invites every man to take Lord Derby's appeal personally to heart. He adds: "We want a torrent of recruits, to give a.defiant message to Germany a,nd to pour men into the field until .victory is won. , The Canadian emigration officers in London are not assisting "slackers" to escape enlistment. These men, are told that Canada has no room for them at present. :An overnight cable message stated:—Lord Derby, Director of Becruitirig, has.addressed si personal-appeal, to every man of military age who is not marked for other war services, asking him to reconsider whether the reason which has hitherto prevented him from enlisting holds good in the present crisis.' ! - .; .■/.-'-.'■" '.:.■.-"
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 532, 23 October 1915, Page 9
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138TORRENT OF RECRUITS. Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 532, 23 October 1915, Page 9
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