31st REINFORCEMENTS.
■). ' ' ■ . l : . . number of volunteers. Voluntaryferuiting for the 31st Reinforcements closed on Saturday last. The total number of recruits offering was 617, leaving a shortage throughout, the Dpminion of 1701). For the sixth time, the Bay of Plenty district raised its full quota under the voluntary system; but the CJutha and t.ho North Otago districts failed to raise a recruit between them, and the West Coast districts secured only one each. The following table shows the number of recruits raised in, and the shortage for, each recruiting district: — ° ( Recruiting Voluntary ShortNo. District. Recruits, age. 1 Auckland City I(i4 200 2 Han.rati 24 ' ,'ilj 3 North Auckland 16 ' jis 4 Waikato ! ■ 25 78 5 Wellington City 55 IDO 0 Hawke's Bay 45 47 7 Manawattm .. ,|......... ii> 8 Taranaki .....' 23 89 0 Christchureh , 23 150 10 South Canterbury 6 ' 101 11 North Canterbury 1 ' oo 12 Nelson , 11 7;) 13 Dimedin 02 8R 14 Southland ■ 25 . ' .113 15 North Otago 10 Clutha 17 Bay of Plenty 51 —. 18 Wairarapa 21 09 10 Poverty Bay 22 50 20' Wanganui 27. 01 21 West Coast - 1 53 Totals 617 170G
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 May 1917, Page 2
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18731st REINFORCEMENTS. Taranaki Daily News, 4 May 1917, Page 2
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