8. Mr. Baker Whiteasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that his Department have taken over No. 2 Roper Road, Canterbury, as a recruiting office, thereby depriving the city of a dwelling house, where there is still an acute shortage; and why alternative accommodation on War Department property was not used for this purpose.
§ Mr. WyattIt has been found that recruiting conducted from civilian premises produces better results than from Army barracks, which as a rule are not so accessible for civilians. This requiting office, to which the only alternative is an Army barracks, will be occupied by the Army recruiter, an ex-soldier, and his wife. They will leave their present 2121 house in Canterbury, so that the city will not be deprived of a dwelling-house.