New Zealand

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 48, 31 May 1916, Page 5

New Zealand

THE 17th REINFORCEMENTS i ; -vr. " -Hr* DATA TO FRIDAY!LAST- ;; t•* , . DOMINION . 0 * Per PbeM Association. Wellington, May , • Tlie Hon. "F. of the Recruiting Board; suppliesf following information for puolicatfdh'i As was anticipated from the previous •-*. returns of enlistments, there is no doubt that the 17th Reinforcements will mobilise in camp,this week well over strength. The official, figures. of registrations for the infantry (all other arms of the service being full as at date of Friday last, the 26th inst,), are as follows : , Group 1, Auckland City, surplus 172. G roup 2, Paeroa, Shortage 15. . Group 3, Whaugyei, surplus 2. Group 4, Hamilton, shortage 11. Total surplus for Auckland District, 148. Group 5, Wellington City, surplus 3. i. ; Group 6, Palmerston North/ surplhS 12. Group 7, Napier, shortage 38. Group 7a, Masterton, shortage 2. Group 8, Hawera, surplus }9.'^ Total shortage for Wellington MihyW tary District, 6.

Group 9, Christchurch City, shortage* 19. Groip 10, Timara, surplus 28,. Group 11, Kaiapoi, surplus 9. Group 11a, Greymouth, shortage 75. Group 12, Nelson, surplus 14. Total surplus for Canterbury Military District 17. Group 13, Dunedin City, surplus 9. Group 14, Invercargill, surplus 3. Group 15, Oamaru, shortage 17. Group 16, Milton, surplus 10. Total surplus for Otago Military District 5. The total Dominion surplus for the 17th Reinforcements is 164, There was existing at date of Friday last a shortage on previous drafts of 120 and a shortage arising out of wastage in camp of 121, or a lotal of 241. It will, therefore, be seen that ’.be total Dominion shortage under all heads at date of Friday last, the 26th inst., was 77.