SEVENTH CONTINGENT.
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) Wellington, last night. Officers and commanders of districts have been instructed to receive applications from those desirous of enrolment in the next batch of men for South Africa. Each district is allotted so many, and (he men will be examined medically and physically at the lqcal centres, and when selected aro to assemble at Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Wellington about the 2oth inst., and those outside Wellington will subsequently come here for the final brush up. Dunedin, last night.
Otago’s portion of the Seventh Contingent comprises 34 men from Dunedin, 33 from Oamaru and Invercargill. Auckland, last night. Information has been reoeived that 65 men are wanted from Auckland for the Seventh Contingent. The men will go nto camp on Friday.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 44, 21 February 1901, Page 2
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