New Zealand

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 57, 4 October 1916, Page 5

New Zealand

GREAT SACRIFICE. FOR ULTIMATE GOOD. “THEIR PLACES HAVE TO BE FILLED.” “Although the minds of the people of New Zealand must be concentrated upon the lists of killed and wounded that have come to us lately, 1 would like them to realise that, however terrible these losses are, there is, after all, an object that has to be attained, and which cannot be attained without these sacrifices,” said the Hon. J. Allen (Minister for Defence) to a representative of the New' Zealand Times on Monday.

“I am sure (he added) that those concerned will hear the burden wit’i the full assurance that the sacrifice that their sons have made, and that they are making will result in ultimate good, and, we hope and believe, will bring about lasting peace. We look for peace and the good results which will come on account, of, peace, not simply for ourselves alone as New Zealanders. We look for it on account of our Motherland, foi all her dependencies, for our Allies who are fighting with us at the present moment, and wo also look to the good of those who are now our enemies—that those who have led them into this terrible carnage may learn the frightful mistake they have made. BY VOLUNTARISM OR BY COMPULSION ? “There is one other thought that arises from the contemplation of these lists of killed and wounded (said Mr Allen). Their plcaes have to be filled. The loyalty of New Zealand is true and real, and has produced, without (Compulsion, a full quota of men up to the present. But the object that we, and the Motherland, and her Allies have to attain is so supreme that we cannot run the risk of failure to supply reinforcements. Therefore, it is our bouuden duty to pufc ourselves into the position of supplying the men. even if that means compulsion.

CASUALTY list. KILLED IN ACTION. Private H. E. Evenson. died of wounds. Lance-Corporal 0. E. Winter. Lance-Corporal A. C. Blaii. reported wounded . Second-Lieut. T. L. Wilson. Trooper W. A. Parkinson. > hospital and progress REPORT. Dangerously ill from wounds. Rifleman J. HI Sivewright. Rifleman R. C. Wallace. Seriously ill from wounds. Rifleman J. J- McMillan. Removed from seriously ill list. Rifleman N. Nicholson. DIED OF WOUNDS. Tjooper A. C. Day. i', REPORTED WOUNDED. Private E. J. Dritemer. WOUNDED, ADMITTED HOSPITAL Rifleman W, D. Smith. Rifleman J. E. Taylor. Rifleman J. McClaughan. WOUNDED EMBARKED FOR ENGLAND. Private C. O’l laherty. HOSPITAL AND PROGRESS REPORT. Embarked for England. Second-Lieut. E. Shaudi. The following in hospital, dfingeiously ill, from wounds. Corporal L. A. O’Leary. Private J. K. Stove. Seriously ill from wounds. Private A. McCallum. Rifleman W. A. MePhail. Lance-Corporal S. D. Stewart. Corporal P. J. Darling. Private A. Boler. Private R. C. Mclven. Private A. L. Nugent.

Private H. Paul. Private A. Pedofsky. Private F. S. Ralston. Private J. Doming. Private A. V. Thompson. Private S. Chase. Private D. J. Evans. Private A. Coulter. Rifleman H. Harris. Rifleman I. McQuilton. Dangerously ill from wounds. Private A. Yaag. Trooper A. F. Low. Private A. E. Sheppard. Rifleman J. R. McGill. \ Private W. A. Woodward. Rifleman L. X. Xorthover. WOUNDED SOLDIERS’ FUND. £ s. d Previously acknowledged 7753 -1 10 Whangamomona. Patriotic Com. (Ladies’ Bazaar) 128 1 0 £7BBI 510 SAILORS’ RELIEF FUND. £ s. d Previously acknowledged 108 13 4 Whangamomona Patriotic Committee '1 1° 3 . £174 3 7