THE NINTH BALLOT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1731, 28 June 1917, Page 3

THE NINTH BALLOT.

NATIONAL SHORTAGE 1,802. 8,117 NAMES DRAWN. The drawing of the ninth ballot from among the remaining members of the First Division of the Expeditionary Force Reserve, for the purpose of completing the 33rd Reinforcements, was completed at Wellington yesterday. DISTRICT SHORTAGES. The shortage for the 33rd Reinforcements, mobilising two months herfcce, for which voluntary recruiting closed down on Saturday last, is 1,802, being the second largest that Inis occurred since the Military Service Act was brought into operation. The following (aide shows then number of voluntary recruits obtained for the 33rds in the various recruiting districts, and the respective shortages:—

It will he seen from the above that cwry recruiting district is again in the ballot, including the Buy of Plenty, which, up till now, bus held ihe proud record of having been in Iwo ballots only, it will he noticed also, that in some of the districts the voluntary response has been particularly poor, the three Canter-, bury districts, for instance, only semiring a combined total of 28. Tho West Coast on this occasion has l!) fit volunteers to its credit, as against none at all for the 3,2nd draft. As in the last ballot, the proportion of men being called up to till-the vacancies is 41 lo 1. The actual, number of men whose names are being drawn is 8, LIT. PREVIOCS SHORTAGES, The shortages for the various Reinforcement drafts since the ballot was Wrought into operation have been as follows ;—- Shortage. 23rd Reinforcements 78-1 2-11 h Reinforcements 585 25th Reinforcements ,1,000 2(ith Reinforcements 1,212 27th Reinforcements !)22 28th Reinforcements 1,307 2!l|h Reinforcements 1,501 30th Reinforcements 1,203 31st Reinforcements 1,700 32nd Reinforcements 1,808 33rd Reinforcements 1,802 \oluulary recruiting is now open for the 31th and 35th Reinforcements for men of the Second Division and those of the First Division under 21.

Un-i'uiiiiu>; V< ihint’y Short Xo i, District. - Keeru-its . a ire. 1 Auckland City 05 315 2 Hauraki 12 51 ;; Xoriii Auckland 20 53 4 Waikato 4 ( O') SO .) Weiiinyton City 1J2 113 (1 Manawatu 20 S3 7 Hawke’s Bay ;jr> (i!) 8 Taranaki 10 103 !> (’livislelmreli 18 138 10 South Canterbury 7 80 11 North Canterbury 3 51 12 Xelson 20 55 13 Dunedin 44 110 !■! SuutliHmd 20 108 Jo North Otapo 12 35 l(i Clntlia r> 35 17 Bay of Plenty 10 4!) ;i8 Wairarapa 23 08 1!) Boverly Buy 23 44 20 W'anyamu 17 73 21 West Coast 1.0 31 To) a is 518 1802