NINTH CONTINGENT
ANOTHER THOUSAND MEN TO BE SENT.
(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, last night. The Government have received intimation from the Secretary of State for the- Colonies, that His Majesty’s Government, would be glad to have another thousand men raised in New Zealand on the same terms as the Eighth Contingent. The Premier has consulted members of Parliament by telegraph, and has already received replies from a majority approving of the idea. He has therefore cabled to the Imperial Government that another contingent will be raised. Recruiting will started at once out of the three thousand men who lately applied for enlistment over and above the thousand required for the Eighth. A larger proportion will be allotted to country districts than in former cases.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 319, 21 January 1902, Page 2
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124NINTH CONTINGENT Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 319, 21 January 1902, Page 2
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