New Guinea Does Not Encourage
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Enlistment Flans
From Our Own Correspondent
Rabaul, May 4.
CRITICISM is being directed at the attitude of the local authorities in cases where residents are desirous of enlisting for service overseas with the A.I.F.
Already, several men have joined up in Australia, from here, before or after the New Guinea quota was filled, and bearing, themselves, the full expense of their transportation and of their medi cal inspection—which is made by the Health Department, to ascertain whe ther the person is physically fit.
It is pointed out that the least that could be done to assist such intending soldiers would be to grant free medical inspection, without placing any responsi bility on the Department as to final acceptance by the military in Australia.