MILITARY PARADES.

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 September 1916, Page 3

MILITARY PARADES.

rrrifcr on Ri.cn uniN'd. RKSJiJ/lU [ by J'kjj CiTi.vrn- sriA'i.vi; to "staii. ' WKLLINCTON. Tin's Day. Auckland will be disappointed over the change in arrangements pieveiiling the departure of a portion of the Seven tueirths ii'oiri that port. Ii had been intended i-i send 200 men nnrt.li -to cmburk in :t liner making Auckland ilie last port) of call, but nn completion of the survey o!' the two m,lin transports it has'been found possible to accommodate the whole of the reinforcement drafts on these two ships. The military authorities arc unable to publish details of all fa< tors involved in i'i' transport arrangement.;-;, but it is e\ i <lcnl. their hands arc not wholly free. Al tiii.s end the changed arrangements have a far-reaching effect. When your correspondent -suggested that a concession to the public desire for parades in other centres would lie valuable as an aid to recruiting, the military authorities declined to nurse, declaring that the figures showed that no stimulus had been given to South Island recruiting or by the numerous demonstrations on the occasion of the Sixteenths visit to Wellington. By the same process of reasoning Wellington ought to be at the top of the roeniiting list, bnl it is not always so in .spite o ft he frequent inspiring parrides witnessed in the capital. However, (he authorities are watching for other opportunities of meeting the Northern wishes, even if only to the extent, of sending SCO trained men by train to para do in Auckland. "We ha.', e to do the training in sixteen weeks which usually takes twelve months, so time is very precious." declared a leading man. prominent in defence administration.