THE TWENTY-FIFTH DRAFT.
QUOTA LEAVES RQTORUA. [BT TELEGRAPH, OW.Y CORRESPONDENT.] ROTORUA, Wednesday. Forttxive men, the quota, of No. 17, Bay of Plenty, district for the twentyfifth reinforcement, left Rotorua on Tuesday morning by the express en route for Trentham, and were accorded a hearty send-off by a large gathering. Mr. W. Hill, resident officer, gave a short address, ar.d the Town Band played selections on the railway platform. This district has filled its quota for the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth reinforcements without having recourse to the ballot, and the Minister for Defence, in a telegram to the resident officer, expressed his congratulations on the fact. I
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16435, 11 January 1917, Page 6
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105THE TWENTY-FIFTH DRAFT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16435, 11 January 1917, Page 6
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