NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 6, 2 October 1917, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS

O : THEIR CIVILIAN OCCUPATIONS A return presented to the House of Representatives last night by tho Minister of Defence shows the occupations of officers and men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force up to and including, tho Twenty-eighth Reinforcements. /The return covers 77,283 men, who are classified into 239 groups. The largest group is formed by the farmers and farm hands, who number 18,396, and The second largest by the labourers, numbering 11,091. Other large groups are as follow.— Blacksmith and farriers, 1190. Bushmen, 1627. Butchers, 1087. Carpenters, 2584. / Carters and teamsters, 2392. Clerks, 5443. Engineers, 1553. Miners, 1616. . Motor drivers and mechanics, 1087. Railway employees, 1520. Seamen, 017.' Bakers and cooks, 979. Contractors, 512. Dairy factory employees, 712. Grocers, 724. Horse-trainers, jockeys, etc, 595. Paperhangers and painters, 886. Plumbers, 761. Post Office employees, 980. Printers, 597. Storemen. 577. Tailors, 639. • . . . Teachers, 648. , Commercial travellers, 521. Warehouse assistants, 590. Wool-sorters, wool-buyers, etc., 695. Warehouse assistants, 590. Accountants, 403. Aeents,' 285. Barbers and hairdressers, 247. Bootmakers, 297. Brickmakeis and bricklayers,- 276. Chemists; 310. Civil. Servants, 382. ■ Drapers, 454. Electricians, 268. 1 Engine-drivers, 282. Factory hands,^3sl. Firemen, stokers, etc., 379. Gnnleners, 410. Hotel employees, 394. Mechanics, 246. Millprs aim mill hands, 357. Saddlers, 243. Salesmen. 450. Sawmill hands, 475. Khon assistants, 434. > . Soldiers, 321. Stewards, 226. Students (law, medicine, and holy orders), 359. Surveyors and assistants, 399. Tramway employees, 198. Watchmakers and jewellers, 201. Many of the groups are small. They include 2 acrobats, 1 biscuit maker, 1 boxer, 2 coffee -specialists, 1 footman, 2 slass silverors. 1 bopgrower, 2 newspaper owners, 2 sextons, 5 whalers, and 2 win-dow-cleaners. Among other groups are 70 architects, 52 auctioneers! 146 dentists, 11 Government guides, 161 lawyers, 61 journalists and reporters, 42 ministers and clergymen, 45 policemen nnd prison warders.