Eighth Contingent.
By Tolegrapk—Press Association. Wellington, last night. Only three of the replies received by the Premier from members of Parliament respecting the despatch of an eighth contingent were unfavorable. Captain Drury, of the Seventh Contingent, who was invalided from South Africa with a severe bullet-wound in the leg, is now in Wellington, and anxious to return to the front, but the medical report is unfavorable, and he may receive a position on the defence staff here. There will be four camps for the Eighth Contingent—at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. The men will be put through medical and other tests, and subsequently will be drafted to two main camps, one in each island, probably at Wellington and Christchurch. Preference will be given to returned troopers physically fit next to volunteers, and next to volunteers in general single men will be preferred to married. It is expected the contingent will bo despatched in about a month.
Applications for enrolment in the Eighth Contingent began to reach the Defence Office yesterday, and are pouring in today. Auckland, last night. About forty applications wero handed in to the Brigade Office this morning for the Eighth Contingent. Several officers were included amongst the applicants.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 292, 17 December 1901, Page 2
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