A FIASCO
PENCE BEFORE PATRIOTISM
.'.-c. i,i:ion—Electric Tdleriraph—Cony tif!lit. Received Thursday, at l). 40 a.m. LONDON, Wednesday. The proposal to enrol 3000 fisherman as a reserve force for mine laying has been a failure, as only eleven enrolled. The shortage was clue chiefly to the insufficient pay offered for such rißky work aud the loss of wages during the period of training.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 9980, 4 May 1911, Page 5
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62A FIASCO Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 9980, 4 May 1911, Page 5
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