DOMINION'S PART.
THE MAORI CONTINGENT By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, March 1;". General fiodley, in a communication to the Defence Minister, says that he ha 3 arranged to put all the Maori contingents into the pioneer battalion, which for the present will be composed half of Maoris and half of men transferred from the surplus of the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade Reinforcements. Half the Maori Reinforcements will he posted to this battalion, which eventually may become practically entirely a Maori battalion. The commander will be Major King, N.Z.S.C., and Captain Buck will be second in command.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 March 1916, Page 5
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96DOMINION'S PART. Taranaki Daily News, 16 March 1916, Page 5
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