OUOTAS FILLED
WAIRaRAPA-EAST coast area MEN FOR SECOND AND THIRD ECHELONS. FIRST DISTRICT IN DOMINION. (Ev Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Under the present campaign for recruits for the second and third echelons of the Special Force, the Napier-Gisborne-Wairarapa area of the Central Military District is the first in New Zealand to fill its quota. The fit men quota was 310, and up to midnight 316 had been classed fit, and there were some 200 still to be medically examined. Up to January 2 enlistments in the Central District totalled 6368 the whole Special Force, of whom 369 a were classified as fit, 665 as temporarily unfit, 3437 sent to camp and 398 were in reserved occupations, and therefore not available, leaving a balance of 883 available for posting to camp. The district quota is 1744. The effect of yesterday's ceremonial farewell and the sight of khaki-clad men was obvious from the big increase in the Wellington and Hutt Valley area enlistments during the half-day that remained. A- recruiting van at the Railway Station while the troops were re-entrained for camp collected more than a dozen recruits. Enlistments at Buckle Street during the afternoon and evening made a total of 61, easily the biggest day since the first tew days the depots were open in September.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 January 1940, Page 6
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