RETURNING DRAFTS.
LIST OF SEVEN SHIPS,
The following is a list of transport! duo shortly at New Zealand ports, with particulars of the number of troops aboard, and approximate dates of arrival :—
No. 205, Ruahine, Auckland, January 18th; 715 troops aboard, 188 for Auckland province. No. 206, Marama, Auckland, January 27th; 557 aboard, 160 for Auckland. No. 207, Oxfordshire, Auckland, January 31st; 1170 aboard. No. 208, Malta, due at Wellington lato in January. This draft includes a number of llarotongans. No. 209. Nestor, no port or date given; 150 aboard, 110 for Auckland. It is possible that this draft may bo transhipped by intercolonial steamer. No. 210, Wiltshire (from Egypt), no port- or date given; 616 117 for Auckland. No. 211, Briton, a .South Island port, January 28th; 1160 aboard. Tho total number of men due by tno seven ships is 6027, and 676 of them are known to be for Auckland. TROOPSHIP MALTA. (frRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, January 17. The troopship Malta, carrying returning Draft 208, will not reach Wellington till the latter part of January. As soon as the definite date is known it will bo officially announced.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16424, 18 January 1919, Page 8
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190RETURNING DRAFTS. Press, Volume LV, Issue 16424, 18 January 1919, Page 8
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