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MANY APPEALS EXPECTED (By Telegraph.—Pres* Association) WANGANUI, Thursday Many appeals by or for men called for service in the latest Gazette are expected. It has been unofficially stated that 60 per cent of the last call-up appealed or were appealed for. It was estimated today that on this occasion the figure will probably be 80 per cent. A big proportion of those called are farmers or workers on farms. Many others are in essential industries and many more in executive posts in factories, shops or offices. Of a dozen men consulted today all are a ppealing or being appealed for by their employers, many of whom are appealing or being appealed for will feel the loss of further men heavily. Besides those whose service may be excused or postponed on appeal many of those called are already serving in the forces. Some have been in khaki ever since mobilisation in the. National Military Reserve and territorial forces in December, and others since ' the National Military Reserve was absorbed in the new territorial units formed in January.
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Waikato Times, Volume 131, Issue 21836, 17 September 1942, Page 2
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