TWENTY-SECOND REINFORCEMENTS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 19 October 1916, Page 5

TWENTY-SECOND REINFORCEMENTS.

WEST COAST QUOTA. .MOBILISED TO DAY. The, \V( M. Coast quota for the Twvnlysccond Rein for, -eniciii.: weie mobilised tod.iy. J'lie Ree;ton and Hokitika contingents arrived in Civyitiuiilu this morntfig and were sworn in and given instruct intis preparatory to leaving for We.lingtoii by the Maponrika. The pieviso time of departure Horn this pmt is doubtful, a.s the .Maponrika was unable to mala' port this afternoon, as expected. If the bar moderates and I!ie vessel arrives this evening, the earliest hour at which she will be able to get away again will be 4 a.in. tomorrow.

Altogether, 59 men go into camp from the Coast tin's week., 3l leave Greynioiilh by the .Mapom ilea, 23 join the vessel at Westport, whilst fivo others join elsewhere. The quota for this month was 102, so that the shortage for the Twentyseconds i.s d 3. A number of eoal miners who enlisted in the Westpoit district were declared to he exempt and were debarred by the authorities from leaving. To-day’s mobilisation for the (’oast brings the grand total sent from the (.’oast to dale to 2)17. At tile roll call today there were no

absentees, and, in addition to the list published iu Tuesday's paper, the following go forwaid with the Tw<-nt v seconds :

Xeame. Charles, fanner, Waih-nihiinTi. Slamnml, Henry Edward, tinsmith, Westport. Snow, Kit-dei ink George, Westport.

Tile loeal contingent were assembled at the I own Hal! this afternoon, v.hei’e thev were given a hearty reception, and farewell speeches delivered by the Alavor, Rev. \V. "Smyth, 15. A., 'and Mr dssre Steei- (Chairman of the Gic-ymoiith Harbor Board/. At this function .Mr Short, successor “on the road - ’ to Lieut. Scanned; now at the front in charge of one of the companies of the Thirteenth Reinforcements, has consented to sing “Tommy Lad,” composed by .Mr Eric 3 loss. -

The Twenty-seconds leave in charge of Lieut. Irvine (Rocfton) and Sergt. Dip wood (Gieymonth).