COMING HOME
NEARLY 20,000 MEN ON THEIR WAY.
Wt mW»HAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.
WELLINGTON, April 8
Official advice has been received tihiat four more liners have left the United Kingdom with returning drafts en route to New Zealand. These are the Kia Ora, due on May Bth with a complement of 970; th© Northumberland, due on May 9th, with a complement of 1330; the Paparoa, due on May 12th with a complement of 580; and th© Carpentaria, due on May 13th with a complement of 575.
The Devon left Suez,on April sth for New Zealand, and it is understood that she also has troops on board. Exclusive of the Devon's complement, the total number of New Zealand troops on the water en route to the Dominion is 19,862.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 8 April 1919, Page 7
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126COMING HOME Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 8 April 1919, Page 7
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