Dominion News
SEAMEN ON THE TROOPSHIPS. (.F»b Prthw Association. I Wellington, August 21.
The secretary of the Seamen's Union stated that the men will sign on'the' troopships under Admiralty conditions, drawn up as regards pay and overtime according to-, the 'New Zealand agreeThis means much to their advantage if they, worked previously under the Home articles. Plenty of men are offering to man the troopships,hut there is a hig. scarcity of men for t'raclin": shins, including the ferry
DETAILS OF MEN IN CAMP FOR WELLINGTON DISTRICT. Palmerston North, August 21. A total of fifty-seven volunteers registered at the Defence Office yesterday, bringing the figures for the Wellington military district to 172 officers and 5369 men, inclusive of the men who sailed with the advance guard.
The following are the details:—
Regiment. Officers. Men. 9th Mounted Rifles (Napier) 10 102 2nd Mounted Rifles (JLiwera) 8 179 TERRITORIALS, 6th Mounted Rtfs (Manawatu) 20 138 7th Regiment (Wanganui) 8 164 9th Regiment (Napier) ... 8 204 11th Regiinent (Hawera) ..'. 14 156 17th Regiment (Masterton) 8 186 J Battery (Palmerston) ... 2 27 F Batt'e'ry (Napier) ... 1 35 |) Battery (Wellington) ... Engineers (Wellington) ... Signal Corps (Wellington) ... 1 .31 M't'd Signal Troop (Pahiatua) OTHERS. ■ Officers. Men. No. 6 group (Palmerston) ... 20 758 No. 7 group - (Napier) ... 13 785 No. 7a groitp (Masterton) 12 332 No. 5 group (Wellington) ... 89 1620 Xo. 8 group (Hawera) ... 7 593 Figures received at the 1 Defence Department to-day show that 61 officers and 2308 men are now in camp. Details are as follow: — Regiment. Officers. Men* Regimental Headquarters ... 4 5 2nd Mounted Rifles (Hawera) 6 195 6th M't'd Rifles (Manawatu) 7 205 9th Mounted Rifles (Napier) & 199 Regimental Headquarters ... 6 6 9th Regiment (Napier) ... 4 259 7th Regiment (Wanganui) ... 4 301 11th Regiment (Hawera) ... 6 241 ,17th Regiment (Masterton) 3 245 Signal Company ... ... 3 ,96 Reservists ••• ••• (>Pr Brigade Amunition Column 1 89 Brigade ... •■• 3 101 Divisional Am'nition Colm'n Field Engineers ... 2 78 Army Service Corps ... 1 40 Signal Troop ... ... 1 23 Mounted Ambulance ... 6 j 66 Total .... -. 61 2308 On Monday next General Godley will inspect the camp 3 ..'
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 3, 21 August 1914, Page 6
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347Dominion News Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 3, 21 August 1914, Page 6
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