Mew Zealand

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 38, 12 September 1916, Page 5

Mew Zealand

LATIST CASUALTY LIST. KILLED IX ACTION, Lance-Corporal C. R. Talkov. Lance-Corporal A. .1, Rryden. Rifleman 0. Hapiuan. Corporal T. W. Denbe. Previously reported wounded, now reported killed in action. Hi Homan 11, VC Calloway. Rilleman W. Kerr. Rifleman W. Watson. Rifleman CL Tetley. Died at Palmerston Sanatorium. Driver .1. Lyall. Wounded, embarked for England. Rifleman CL Rooks. Slightly wounded, remaining with , unit. Rifleman R. P. Carson. Rifleman J. P. Glentworth. Rifleman J. C. Maclean. Rifleman F. W, Parsons. Lance-Corporal F. 11. Silky.

21st REINFORCEMENTS, DOMINION SHORTAGE, 512. The Hon. W. F. Massey (Chairman of the Recruiting Board) telegraphs from Wellington to-day as follows; — The official figures of the enlistments foi the infantry for the 21st Reinforcements, which mobilises for training during the last week of September, and which figures include the shortagos for the 20th Reinforcement, were as follows, as at date' Friday, Bth September. Group No. 1, Auckland, surplus 3. Group No 2. Paeroa, shortage 27. Group No 3, Whangaroi. shortage 23. Group No. 1, Hamilton, shortage •50. • Total shortage for Auckland Military District 108. Group No. 5. Wellington, shortage 20. t v Group No. (3, Palmerston North, shortage 93. Group No 7, Napier, shortage 18. Group No. 7a, Mastertou, shortage 15. (Roup No. 8, Hawera, shortage 73. Total shortage for Wellington Military District 258. Group No. 0, Christchurch, shortage 5. Group No. 10, Tiraaru. shortage 20. Group No. 11, Kaiapoi, surplus 11Group No. 11a, Greymouth. shortage 52. Group No. 12. Nelson, shortage 5. Total shortage for Canterbury Military District 72. Group No. 13, Dunedin, shortage 8. Group No. 1-1, Invercargill, shortage 19. Group No. 15, Oamaru, shortage 28. Group No. 16, Milton, surplus 11Total shortage for Otago. Military District 74. Total Domihion shortage 512. THE MENINGITIS EPIDEMIC.

Per Press Association

Wellington, September 11

Private Thomas William King, > f the J. Company, 20th Reinforcements,, who had been seriously ill with cero-bro-spinal meningitis, in the Featherston military hospital for some days, lied this morning.

General Henderson, Director of Medical Services, states that of the )ther two cerebro-spinal meningitis ■ase, in the hospital at Featherston ,n Saturday, one is considerably bet.or, while the other, which has only men suspected as cerebro-spinal meningitis, had proved to be suffering from hat complaint. This latter case, however, was not severe. Since then two rosh cerebro-spinal meningitis eases ind been admitted to the hospital at featherston, one (which was not ■.everei being from the 17th .Mounted (ihes at Papawai, and the other <irom 3. Company, 20th Infantry), the lat;er case being seriously ill. ® oth rases were admitted yesterday, mak,„r now four oases of cerebro-spinal neningitis in the Featherston hospial At Trentham, the men who vore seriously ill with cerebro-spinal neningitis showed signs of improvejjont. Two suspected cases still ionain. Tlu- hospital is free from over, but yesterday a further sns/icious case of meningitis was adraitod to the hospital from the hth Remoreemeiits. The 17th’s at I rent . am osterdav had three cases of mild Geinan measles, and this morning hve. kitchener memorial SCHOLARSHIP. Wellington, September U. Tlu 1 Council of bo Hon. R. H. Rhodes’ offer of -UOOO s the necleus of a fund for the esta.bislmu nt of « I-*IKIUW l.ohu-liili, ami "'ado th.- I" 11 ""’ - m-mlutioum "Tk.l ll .<- - inniont bo i«,uc S lod l« - .cliobuobip to bo oallod tbo “Kitobom r Mcmiirial Sobolarsbip,” o|K.. w <" - .otitim. to son, of UUlon » onimissiomul officer*, and •» |» Sow Zealand Expeditionar.% 0 ' ’ 'or the purpose of assisting sue i i 0 enter a naval college o quahtb ,'or the navy; that the donation oi ~,1 H. Rhodes, M.P.. be applied to v fund for the establishment of such eholarsl.ips, and that P'->hhc suUscnP' ilul be invited to augment such fund, ,Idoli the Government be requested to oxidise; that after the sons of alien officers, non-commissioned oil •ors, and men of Now Zealand Expeditionary Force need no longei h provided for, a scholarship be avadble to sons of returned members of be said forces, and when these need no longer be provided for that scholarships be available for sons of officers,

non-commissioned others, and men of the New Zealand Navy. Army, ami Air Services, for the purpose already indicated; that Education Boards throughout New Zealand he requested la invite public bodies within their districts to call for public subscriptions to the fund.