THE HOMELAND.

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15443, 4 September 1914, Page 8

THE HOMELAND.

A HOOM IX RECIU'ITIXG. Hl/XDRKD CEXTRES OPEXED. LOXDOX. Sept. 2. There ;uo many indications of a boom in recninini;. In London tha recruit'; offering on Monday established a rctord. One hundred in Manchester. l>ciiii* iniiilili' to obtain medical cxaminati n. formed a to the Town Hall and i\>:n;i!aiiic.l <d delay. Tli.' London Scottish second battalion :s now < -"><*. A third battalion will probably lie necessary. Hundreds of C'itv of London Yoluniiers were obliged to join outside battalions. There were recruits at X-n\port. Si '.nh \V:tle-. on Monday, making a total .'i "J" "d . Many i •ompanies are offering £e,vrmis ee.itresMontsi enlisting employees. Some grant lull pay during service. A West Country bishop has inaugurated a movement for a footballer- - legion. There is ;i movement by «x-p\:W'c school hoys and university men to raise live- battalions, increasing o v 0:1ti ally to twenty. One hundred iveruiting cenlr s l.eve I .-.11 oj-.-neil tl.roa-honi the Kpuvlopi. (>:!.- HI <cu 1 !*■ ■ enrolled ; n ill-! hour. Karl Ki 1 n-j- approved of ihe iirst h.i;; .-ilioii hem- atla-.-hvd to the M i id!-.--- n li- gim nt.