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Taranaki Daily News, 24 May 1916, Page 8

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DOMINION SHORTAGE 109. AUCKLAND AGAIN LEADS. AN T IMPROVED POSITION. Wellington, Last Night. The chairman of the Recruiting Board iKt Hon. W, F. Massey), has issued the following statement: 'lßeeruiting for the _ 17th Reinforcements''for the wee!; ending the lflth May was quite satis. factory ami it is evident that, this draft will go into camp next week at full ntrength. The official figures are as follows: Group 1 (Auckland City) plus 133; group 2 (Paeron), shortage 28; group 3 (Whangarei), shortage 7; group 4 (Hamilton), shortage 3(i. Total surplus for Auckland military district, (12. Group 5 (Wellington City), shortage f: group (! (Palmerston), shortage 21; group 7 (Napier), shortage 01; group 7a (Mastc-rton), shortage nil; group S iHawera), plus 15. Total shortage for Wellington military district, 75. Group 9 (Christchurch City), shortage 54; group in (Timaru), plus 20; group II (Kaiapoi), shortage 10; group 11a (G'reymouth), shortage 20; group 12 (Nelson), plus 1. Total shortage for Carter bury military district, 6!£ Group 13 (Duuodiu City), plus 0; group 14 (Invercargill), shortage 11; group 15 (Oamaru), shortage 29; group '.(l (Milton), plus 7. Total shortage for Otago military district, 27. The total Dominion shortage for the 17th Reinforcements is 109, as compared with a shortage of 462 on the corresponding day last week. In addition to the 353 men who were registered for the 17th Reinforcements in the week, 35 men were sent into camp 9

drafts, and 7!) wont -to Trontham In make good shortages arising from wastage at tlio camp. The total shortage at date on Friday', l!)th inst., for the 17th and the previous reinforcements was ,230, or loss than half the number of men who were recruits in the preceding seven days." fit will 1)0 <OOll that this statement credits Tarannki with a'surplus of lii men, whereas headquarters, Hawera, reported yesterday tlmt the district is •24 men short.] TARANAKI'S NEXT QUOTA. SHORTAGE OF 24 .MEN. THE NEW PLYMOUTH DRAFT. The Taranaki quota for the Seventeenth Reinforcements will proceed to Trontham by the mail train on Monday morning:, tln* men from the dill'erent |'i:rts of the district entraining at the nrious principal stations. Tnrnnuki has been asked to supply 1(14 men—at! tor the infantn —lint , up to yesterday only 140 m»*n iioen obtained, leaving a Mion-.' L'/ 1 of l-M to lie made up this week For some time past Taranaki has oll'ored a splendid example to other ] arts of New Zealand in the matter of recruiting, but' the Defence authorities report, that there has been a falling ofl in enlisime\ts during the past week or two. Thirty men will leave from New Plymouth and with the exception of one man from Bell Block, they will parade at the old drill hall in Oill street at O.'iO a.m. and march to the station. The ni"ii entraining arc: iNFANTRY. YY. W. .Smith, Matau. » I*'. Turelii, Tntaraimaka. F. A. Tanner, Fitzrov. W. E. (lush, New Plymouth. B. Rickard, New Plymouth. G. A. Peteli, Fitzroy. A. Hanson, New Plymouth. A. Hopkinson, New Plymouth. W.T. Blackler, New Plymouth. 0. Shepherd, Fitzroy, E. •). Kalehert, Fitzroy. • A. C'. Mason, New Plymouth L. F. Foote, Fitzroy, J. Cross, Westown. L. F. Hogg, New Plymouth. H. Jones, New Plymouth. J. IT. Phillips, Raiiotu, C. A. Evans, New Plymouth. A. C. Bishop, Hillsborough. IT. YY. Busby, New Plymouth. F. J. A. Wvlle, New Plymouth. V. Kirkby, New Plymouth. H. Culverhoiise, New Plymouth. G. S. Raby, New Plymouth. A. Jeffrey, Bell Block. INFANTRY'N.C.O.'S. P. E, Stainton, New Plymouth. J. C. Nicholson, New Plymouth, H. Eraser, New Plymouth. E. Armstrong, New Plymouth, A. Chrystal, Scar Hpip STRATFORD DRAW'. The following men will leave Stratford on Monday next, for the 17th Reinforcements: H, A. Corbett and L. J. Pokes, AYliangamomona; S. A. Jackson, Kuniga (Toko); W. C. Hamblyn, Lowgarth; J. Groshinski, Midhirst; D. H, Yetton, W. T. Cubben, A. H. Chard, and P. E. Bennett, Stratford; G. K. Lyford, P. Butler, and J. J, Keynolds. all of "' - *