WEST COAST REINFORCEMENTS
By Telegraph.—(Special Correspondent.) j Wanganui, May >1. Tile greatest enthusiasm was displayed at all stations along the West Coast to-clay on the occasion of the departure of recruits for the 16th Reinforcements, una from Wangamii and Taranaki districts alone over 200 men of very fine physique took their departure. Among the quota' were several young farmers who are possessed of considerable means, but are joining the rank and file. Speaking at Feilding as to what that district had 'done, Mr. Guthrie, M.P., Baid that although Feilding's quota was £00, it had already sent 600, and now had only 60 eligible single men in the town area left who could go • . , Only a few months ago Phil. Fowler, son of Mr. Sonthey Fowler, of If eliding, worked 1 his passage Home to join tne Aviation Corps, and so successful has he been in passing examinations, l.hat he has been appointed Flight Sub-Lieu-tenant in the Royal Naval Flying Corps, and in all probability he will be stationed at Portsmouth.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2760, 2 May 1916, Page 6
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170WEST COAST REINFORCEMENTS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2760, 2 May 1916, Page 6
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