THE EIGHTEENTHS

Taranaki Daily News, 21 June 1916, Page 5

THE EIGHTEENTHS

A StTRPLUS. ; . The Premier, as Chairman of the Recruiting Board, forwards the following: Wellington. Last Sight. The ISth Reinforcements, which will be mobilised for training next week, is now complete, and, in additipn, all previous shortages have be»n made good. The official figures of the registrations for the infantry as at Friday* June 10 (all other branches of the service being full), are as follow: — Group No. i, Auckland City, surplus 152. Group No. 2, Paeroa, shortage it. Group No. 3, Whangarei, shortage 10. Group No. 4, Hamilton, (?)• Total surplus for Auckland military district, 89. ' Group" No. 5, Wellington City, surplus 41. Group No. <i, Palmeraton North, surplus" 38. Group No. 7, Napier, shortage 4d. Group No. 7a, Masterton, surplus 23. Group No. S, Hawera, shortage 1. Total surplus for Wellington military district 58. Group No. 9, Christchurch City, shortage 5. Group No. 10, Timaru, surplus «. Group No. 11, Kaiapoi, surplus 20. Group No. 11a, Greymouth, shortage Group No. 12, Nelson, surplus 4. Total surplus for Canterbury military district, 47. Group No. 13, Dunedin City, shortage 22 Group No. 14, Invercargill, surplus 2. Group No. 15, Oamarii, shortage 2. Group No. 10, Milton, surplus 4. Total shortage for Otago military district, 18. i The total Dominion surplus for the 18th Reinforcements is 170. There was existing at the same dute a shortage on - previous drafts, owing tc wastage in i camp of 88, but the surplus enlistments 1 shown above for the 18th Reinforcements 5,0w o.QftV*rt» thft Ifito £9 .«.»«» of •* ■