NO RECRUITING FOR CHINA
MINISTER DENIES RUMOURS STORY CURRENT AT WELLINGTON, ALLEGED ACTIVITY OF OFFICER. DENIAL OF SALES OF STORES. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night A complete denial that recruiting of men qualified in machine-gunnery for service in China was being carried out in New Zealand by a man reputed to be a British officer was given by the Minister of Defence, the Hon. J. G. Cobbe, in a statement on the subject to-day. Reports have been current at Wellington during the past few weeks that a man holding army rank had been xecruiting in the city, and that those who it was stated were being induced to offer their , services in China were being guaranteed their expenses and keep. ‘ The Minister also denied that military stores had been sold to Japan. “No equipment or stores of any description,” the Minister “have been sold officially or otherwise to Japan. The only sales made of surplus defence stores have been to reputable New Zealand firms with whom the department has been dealing for . years,” ’
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 January 1933, Page 6
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