Optimistic Forecast by S.M.C. Radio Announcer:
Volunteers Returning to Old Jobs FO several days past, we have been able to announce, cautiously and with many reservations, that the situation, as far as the Settlement is concerned, was gradually improving, the S.M.C. broadcast stated yesterday.
This} evening comes the first official intimation of some relaxation of emergency measures made possible by the generally more satisfactory conditions.
As from to-morrow the Volunteers will be partially demobilized. A proportion of the Signals Company, the Armoured Car Company and the Transport Company will, for the present, be retained on active duty, for internal security purposes. Those volunteers, who have no urgent call to return to their office work and those who wish to remain with the Corps, will also be retained, and will be formed into temporary units, but} the remainder will be freed for their routine commercial work, although for the time being they will remain in uniform and must all be prepared! for remobilization, in case of necessity, at one hour's notice, 'This is a step agreed upon after the most careful consideration of all the' circumstances, and although every precaution has been taken to be ready for any further eventuality, we think the public may regard it as the commencement of what we now trust will be a rapid return to more normal) routine, the- broadcast states.
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