NEW ZEALAND.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 11, 16 December 1915, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND.

THE RUAHINE'S SICK AND WOUNDED. EXPECTED AT AUCKLAND ON JANUARY 4. SEVERAL TARANAKIS ON BOARD Pee Pbess Association, Wellington, December 16. Following are among the Sick and Wounded returning by the Ruahine: Wellington Battalion. J. G. McKay J. Holleron W. M. Bannister G. B. Melrose R. J. Dales J. C. Griffith A. H. Hartley W. L. Stevenson G. E. Littlajohn W. E. Furby D. B. Morshead R. V. McDowell F. W. Locker T. Rae N. Hatfield J. G. Tracy N. B. Howell H. M. Strother C. G. Brooker S. Fenton C. B. King Wellington Mounted. A. H. Walsh C. AV. Feast T. J\ Malone « C. Wyse New Ze/iland Field Artillery. F. E. Smith W. H. Roland New Zealand Medical Corps. D. E. Currie • E. 0. McPherson Field Engineers. M. G. Neabold W. F. Moriarty > M. O'Brien T. Roe G. Rush C. H. F. M,aynard F. -F..-T. Owers :'; i , .'.: 3tV G. Wharton Army Service Corps. ,333 P. W. Sampson , t 23Vj : J. Macfarlane ;*',J - ' 1 Divisional Headquarters. 1;. \l S. E. Cockle (G. A. R. McKay . Veterinary Corps. ', ; . 1 H. Goddard niii M. J. Darcy

MORE MEM WANTED. AN APPEAL TO TARANAKI. The following communication w»s forwarded to-day by Major J. McNaught, Commander of Group 8, Taranaki. Military 3^sss : —, ( "I am called upon hx district headquarters to make public as quickly as possible the fact that very strenuous efforts must be made to obtain thirty men for infantry, between "now and the 23rd inst., in the Taranaki district. While shch men should go into camp before the 23rd inst., they will be given leave from Camp on the Saturday and Sunday at Christmas, and on the Saturday and Sunday at New Year. I am specially requested to make use of the recruiting offices and patriotic committees throughout my group. Similar instructions for additional men to go into camp before the 23rd inst. have been issued to group commanders throughout the Wellington military • district, owing to the fact that the Wellington district is 300 men short for the infantry for the Eleventh Reinforcements. "On behalf of the Defence Department I should be deeply grateful for vour kind co-operation and Hearty support to receive the men required in this district. Men are wanted to come forward singly or in small lots by the 23rd and not later. This means that the fresh men will be required to be enlisted and then medically examined. Recruiting offices and patriotic committees enlisting such men are 'specially requested to return the men's registration cards and medical papers by the first post to the Group Commander, Hawera, Or to the No. 2 Area Officer, New Plymouth, according to which office is nearest to their place of residence. This appeal is urgent momentous, and I hope I can rely upon your influence to secure the men required from this district."

ACAINST CONSCRIPTION.

ORGANISED LABOUR IN WELLINGTON.

A meeting in Wellington of Labour representatives, convened by the Labour Representation Committee, the following resolution wag unanimously carried : —"That this meeting of delegates, representing the various Labour organisations of Wellington, records it condemnation of the agitation for conscription, and endorses the action of the United Federation of Labour in convening a National Congress of Labour to discuss thi s matter; and we further demand the conscription of wealth for the purpose of adequately paying the men and pensioning their dependents, as the most effective method of meeting the situation arising out of war conditions."