STIFFENING DEFENCE FORCES
PROPOSAL TO RETAIN OLDER MEN.
AMENDMENT TO BILL IN HOUSE.
By Telegraph.—Press Association.
Wellington, Last Night.
The Defence Amendment Bill was introduced by the Minister of Defence, the Hon. J. G. Cobbe, in the House of Representatives to-day and read a first time. Mr. Cobbe said it was a very simple measure. At the present time all territorials below the rank of sergeant were transferred to the reserve when they-were 25. The Bill proposed to enable them to remain in the service if they wished till they were 35. It was thought a mixture of older men would have the effect of stiffening the forces.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 July 1931, Page 5
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